Ovarian steroid deprivation results in a reversible learning impairment and compromised cholinergic function in female Sprague-Dawley rats

Brain Research

Volumn 644, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 305-312

  Singh, Meharvan ^a   Meyer, Edwin M ^b   Millard, William J ^a   Simpkins, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ChAT; Cytoprotection; Estrogen; High affinity choline uptake; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; OVARIECTOMY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028224213     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91694-2     Document Type: Article

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