Learning strategy is influenced by trait anxiety and early rearing conditions in prepubertal male, but not prepubertal female rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-181

  Grissom, Elin M ^a   Hawley, Wayne R ^a   Bromley Dulfano, Sarah S ^b   Marino, Sarah E ^c   Stathopoulos, Nicholas G ^b   Dohanich, Gary P ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Learning strategy; Maternal separation; Prepubertal; Sex differences; Visible platform water maze

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RAT; REARING; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84865291063     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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