Estrogen alleviates cognitive dysfunction following transient brain ischemia in ovariectomized gerbils

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Kondo, Yasuhiko ^a   Suzuki, Kiyoko ^a   Sakuma, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gerbil; Ischemia; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031471196     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00847-1     Document Type: Article

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