Prolonged intracerebroventricular infusion of neurosteroids affects cognitive performances in the mouse

Brain Research

Volumn 858, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 371-379

  Ladurelle, Nathalie ^a   Eychenne, Bernard ^a   Denton, Derek ^b   Blair West, John ^b   Schumacher, Michael ^a   Robel, Paul ^a   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intracerebroventricular infusion; Mouse; Neurosteroid; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PREGNANEDIONES; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROSENCEPHALON; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034628965     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)01953-3     Document Type: Article

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