Posttraining estradiol injections enhance memory in ovariectomized rats: Cholinergic blockade and synergism

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-188

  Packard, Mark G ^a,b   Teather, Lisa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; ESTRADIOL; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXOTREMORINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; TRAINING;

EID: 0030801182     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1997.3785     Document Type: Article

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