Testosterone impairs the acquisition of an operant delayed alternation task in male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-66

  Neese, Steven L ^a   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cognition; DSA; Gonadectomy; Testosterone; Working memory

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84855959620     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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