Effects of testosterone and growth hormone on long-term retention and extinction of a passive avoidance response in young and aged rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1443-1456

  Schneider Rivas, S ^a   Paredes Carbajal, C ^a   Mascher, D ^a   Angoa Perez M ^a   Jaramillo Gonzalez E ^a   Borgonio Perez G ^a   Rivas Arancibia, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extinction; Growth hormone; Hormones; Learning; Memory modulation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34548317254     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450601125782     Document Type: Article

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