Delayed alternation in adolescent and adult male and female rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 724-731

  Koss, Wendy A ^a   Franklin, Andrew D ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Perseveration; Postnatal development; Prefrontal cortex; T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053992533     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20543     Document Type: Article

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