Early handling effect on female rat spatial and non-spatial learning and memory

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-16

  Plescia, Fulvio ^a   Marino, Rosa A M ^a   Navarra, Michele ^b   Gambino, Giuditta ^a   Brancato, Anna ^a   Sardo, Pierangelo ^a   Cannizzaro, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Declarative memory; Early handling; Female rats; Maternal care; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEMALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEMORY; PARADIGM SHIFT; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; STRESS; TIME; WORKING MEMORY;

RATTUS;

BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EARLY HANDLING; FEMALE RATS; MATERNAL CARE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84890280194     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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