The effects of chronic corticosterone on memory performance in the platform maze task

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1111-1115

  Bardgett, Mark E ^a,b   Newcomer, John W ^a   Taylor, George T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Glucocorticoid; Glucocorticoid receptors; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029974277     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02172-8     Document Type: Article

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