Estrogen improves performance of reinforced t-maze alternation and prevents the amnestic effects of scopolamine administered systemically or intrahippocampally

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-240

  Fader, Aric J ^a   Hendricson, Adam W ^a   Dohanich, Gary P ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032077863     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3820     Document Type: Article

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