The effect of 7-oxo-DHEA acetate on memory in young and old C57BL/6 mice

Steroids

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 124-129

  Shi, Jennifer ^a   Schulze, Stacy ^a   Lardy, Henry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Oxo dehydroepiandrosterone; Memory, mice

Indexed keywords

7 OXOPRASTERONE; DRUG METABOLITE; PRASTERONE; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

AGING; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; SCOPOLAMINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033968952     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(99)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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