Estradiol facilitates performance as working memory load increases

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-173

  Bimonte, Heather A ^a   Denenberg, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol replacement; Memory load; Ovariectomy; Radial arm maze; Water maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033045993     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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