Estrogen has mnemonic-enhancing effects in the inhibitory avoidance task

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 551-558

  Rhodes, Madeline E ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Learning; Mnemonic; Nongenomic; Proestrus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3142530271     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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