Interaction of age and chronic estradiol replacement on memory and markers of brain aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 839-852

  Foster, Thomas C ^a   Sharrow, Keith M ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Masse, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcineurin; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Long term depression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCINEURIN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RETENTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0142043947     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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