Sex differences in spatial navigation: the role of gonadal hormones

被引：17

作者：

Brake, Wayne G. ^{[1
]}

Lacasse, Jesse M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Concordia Univ, Dept Psychol, CSBN, Montreal, PQ, Canada

来源：

CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 2018年 / 23卷

关键词：

MEMORY SYSTEM BIAS; VIRTUAL WATER MAZE; ADULT MALE RATS; FEMALE RATS; ESTROGEN-RECEPTORS; COGNITIVE STRATEGIES; HIPPOCAMPAL FUNCTION; NERVOUS-SYSTEM; EYE TRACKING; WOMEN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.08.002

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

In the past decade studies have illuminated a more nuanced pattern in sex differences in navigating an environment and the bias to use one or another memory system to solve a navigational task. This review focuses on two types of memory in rodents; place/spatial memory and response/habitual memory. These two types of memory are affected by levels of gonadal hormones such as testosterone, estrogens, and progesterone. Studies on similar types of memory in humans also show sex differences, albeit the influence of hormones in women do not match female rats. Hormone levels are rarely measured when testing sex differences in humans. Thus, we need more research that measures hormones while also measuring sex differences in these memory systems important for navigation.

引用

页码：176 / 182

页数：7

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