High levels of estrogen enhance associative memory formation in ovariectomized females

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 883-890

  Leuner, B ^a   Mendolia Loffredo, S ^a   Shors, T J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Hormone replacement therapy; Learning; Menopause; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 2642586335     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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