Sex differences in memory for landmark arrays in C57BL/J6 mice

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 873-882

  Bettis, Tania J ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Geometry; Navigation; Object recognition; Parallel map theory; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; C57BL MOUSE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORIENTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885844781     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0619-x     Document Type: Article

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