Ontogeny of sex differences in response to novel objects from adolescence to adulthood in lister-hooded rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 670-676

  Cyrenne, De Laine M ^a   Brown, Gillian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Novel object recognition; Novelty; Rats; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80053966294     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20542     Document Type: Article

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