Progesterone impairs social recognition in male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 598-604

  Bychowski, Meaghan E ^a   Auger, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Progesterone; Progestin receptors; Social memory; Social recognition behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROMEGESTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RECOGNITION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; PROMEGESTONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEPTAL NUCLEI; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84859110426     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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