Sex differences in learning and memory following short-term dietary restriction in the rat

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-80

  Rajab, Ebrahim ^a   Alqanbar, Batool ^b   Naiser, Mohammed J ^b   Abdulla, Habib A ^b   Al Momen, Monaf M ^b   Kamal, Amer ^b  

^a AHLIA UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Food restriction; Rats; Sex difference; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DIET; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDERS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904608453     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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