Effects of long-term estrogen replacement on social investigation and social memory in ovariectomized C57BL/6 mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 350-357

  Tang, Akaysha C ^a,b,c   Nakazawa, Masato ^a   Romeo, Russell D ^c   Reeb, Bethany C ^a   Sisti, Helene ^c   McEwen, Bruce S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Estrogen replacement; Female; HPA axis; Mice; Social recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RELEASE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 13544275028     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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