Estrogens and progestins enhance spatial learning of intact and ovariectomized rats in the object placement task

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Duffy, Caryn K ^a   Walf, Alicia A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Estrogen receptor; Estrous cycle; Learning and memory; Neurosteroids; SERMs

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547674690     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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