Article
Pituitary grafts and behavior in mice. Effects of sex of donor and number of pituitary grafts on exploratory and learning abilities.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Apr 1994
Bouchon R, Ropartz P
Abstract excerpt
The effects of ectopic pituitary grafts, sex of pituitary donor, and number of isografts (one or two) were examined in intact phenotypically normal male mice of the Snell dwarf strain, using a battery of tests designed to assess exploration and learning-related behavioral processes. Results show...
Topics
- Animals
- Arousal
- Avoidance Learning
- Body Weight
- Brain Tissue Transplantation
- Discrimination Learning
- Escape Reaction
- Exploratory Behavior
- Female
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Nerve Regeneration
- Orientation
- Phenotype
- Pituitary Gland
- Prolactin
- Reaction Time