The effects of type I and type II corticosteroid receptor agonists on exploratory behavior and spatial memory in the Y-maze

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-83

  Conrad, Cheryl D ^a   Lupien, Sonia J ^a,b   Thanasoulis, Leila C ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid; Aldosterone; Discrimination memory; Learning; Spatial recognition memory; Type I receptor; Type II receptor

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; RU 362; SESAME SEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, STEROID;

EID: 0030853310     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00236-9     Document Type: Article

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