Effects of ovariectomy, 192 IgG-saporin-induced cortical cholinergic deafferentation, and administration of estradiol on sustained attention performance in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1216-1232

  McGaughy, Jill ^a   Sarter, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COGNITION; DEAFFERENTATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT;

EID: 0033391321     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.6.1216     Document Type: Article

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