Estrogen improves working but not reference memory and prevents amnestic effects of scopolamine on a radial-arm maze

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 711-717

  Fader, Aric J ^a   Johnson, Paul E M ^a   Dohanich, Gary P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Radial arm maze; Reference memory; Scopolamine; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033056912     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00219-6     Document Type: Article

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