Sex differences in ICR mice in the morris water maze task

Physiological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-117

  Ge, J F ^a,b   Qi, C C ^a   Qiao, J P ^a   Wang, C W ^a   Zhou, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Learning behavior; Memory; Morris water maze; Mouse; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876046778     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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