Rapid enhancement of visual and place memory by estrogens in rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2836-2844

  Luine, Victoria N ^a   Jacome, Luis F ^b   Maclusky, Neil J ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Hunter College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037998956     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0004     Document Type: Article

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