Long-term treatment with estrogen and progesterone enhances acquisition of a spatial memory task by ovariectomized aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-116

  Gibbs, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Hormone replacement; Learning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

EID: 0034594465     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(00)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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