Postnatal dexamethasone and long term learning and memory functions in developing rats: Effect of postnatal age and gender

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1925-1935

  Machhor, Nedal ^a   Balaji, Thankappa ^a   Raju, Tonse N K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Morris water maze; Postnatal; Rat pups

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842287633     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.09.044     Document Type: Article

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