Estrogen facilitates induction of long term potentiation in the hippocampus of awake rats

Brain Research

Volumn 778, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 430-438

  Cordoba Montoya D A ^a   Carrer, H F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CA1; Estradiol; Freely moving rats; LTP; Memory; Stratum radiatum; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ESTRADIOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031578768     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01206-7     Document Type: Article

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