Use of cognitive strategies in rats: The role of estradiol and its interaction with dopamine

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-191

  Quinlan, Matthew G ^a   Hussain, Dema ^a   Brake, Wayne G ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategy; Memory; Plus maze; Raclopride; Response learning; SKF 83566

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; NEOSTRIATUM; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 37349001256     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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