Dietary phytoestrogens enhance spatial memory and spine density in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of ovariectomized rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 183-187

  Luine, V ^a   Attalla, S ^a   Mohan, G ^a   Costa, A ^b   Frankfurt, M ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Phytoestrogen; Prefrontal cortex; Recognition memory; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIET; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; SYNAPSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 33845287622     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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