Role of circulating androgen levels in effects of apoE4 on cognitive function

Brain Research

Volumn 1053, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Pfankuch, Timothy ^a   Rizk, Angela ^a   Olsen, Reid ^a   Poage, Cara ^a   Raber, Jacob ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Apolipoprotein E; Castration; Object recognition; Passive avoidance; Spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASTRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING;

EID: 23644445178     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.028     Document Type: Article

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