Spatial learning of female mice: A role of the mineralocorticoid receptor during stress and the estrous cycle

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  ter Horstt, J P ^a   Kentrop, J ^a   Arp, M ^a   Hubens, C J ^a   de Kloet, E R ^a   Oitzl, M S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mr mutant mice spatial performance estrous cyclus stress strategy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; SPATIAL LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84878356119     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00056     Document Type: Article

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