Glucocorticoid-mediated effects of systemic oxytocin upon memory retrieval

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-71

  de Oliveira, Lucas Fürstenau ^a   Camboim, Clarissa ^a   Diehl, Felipe ^a   Consiglio, Angélica Rosat ^a   Quillfeldt, Jorge Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid; Memory retrieval; Oxytocin; Step down inhibitory avoidance; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HORMONES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33751058979     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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