Estrogen modulates cognitive and cholinergic processes in surgically menopausal monkeys

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 423-431

  Tinkler, Gregory Paul ^a   Voytko, Mary Lou ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Memory; Menopause; Monkeys; Positron emission tomography; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; FLUOROBENZYLTROZAMICOL F 18; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SCOPOLAMINE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MONKEY; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 15744375350     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.12.016     Document Type: Review

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