Gonadal hormones and voluntary exercise interact to improve discrimination ability in a set-shift task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 744-754

  Eddy, Meghan C ^a   Rifken, Katharine M ^a   Toufexis, Donna J ^a   Green, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Set shifting; Testosterone; Voluntary exercise; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HABITUATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SET SHIFT TASK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD;

EID: 84887612505     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033728     Document Type: Article

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