Estrogen replacement in ovariectomized rats affects strategy selection in the Morris water maze

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-149

  Daniel, Jill M ^a   Lee, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Learning; Memory; Ovariectomy; Water maze

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESCAPE REACTION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MAZE LEARNING; OVARIECTOMY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043085540     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Bimonte H.A., Denenberg V.H. Estradiol facilitates performance as working memory load increases. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 24:1999;161-173
2. Chesler E.J., Juraska J.M. Acute administration of estrogen and progesterone impairs the acquisition of the spatial Morris water maze in ovariectomized rats. Hormones and Behavior. 38:2000;234-242
3. Cyr M., Ghribi O., Thibault C., Morissette M., Landry M., Di Paolo T. Ovarian steroids and selective estrogen receptor modulators activity on rat brain NMDA and AMPA receptors. Brain Research Reviews. 37:2001;153-161
4. Daniel J.M., Dohanich G.P. Acetylcholine mediates the estrogen-induced increase in NMDA receptor binding in CA1 of the hippocampus and the associated improvement in working memory. Journal of Neuroscience. 21:2001;6949-6956
5. Daniel J.M., Fader A.J., Spencer A.L., Dohanich G.P. Estrogen enhances performance of female rats during acquisition of a radial arm maze. Hormones and Behavior. 32:1997;217-225
6. Daniel J.M., Roberts S.L., Dohanich G.P. Effects of ovarian hormones and environment on radial maze and water maze performance of female rats. Physiology and Behavior. 66:1999;11-20
7. Daniel J.M., Winsauer P.J., Brauner I.N., Moerschbaecher J.M. Estrogen improves response accuracy and attenuates the disruptive effects of delta9-THC in ovariectomized rats responding under a multiple schedule of repeated acquisition and performance. Behavioral Neuroscience. 116:2002;989-998
8. Dluzen D., Horstink M. Estrogen as neuroprotectant of nigrostriatal dopaminergic system: Laboratory and clinical studies. Endocrine. 21:2003;67-75
9. Dohanich G.P. Gonadal steroids, learning and memory. Pfaff D.W., Arnold A.P., Etgen A.M., Farbach S.E., Rubin R.T. Hormones, brain and behavior. 2002;265-327 Academic Press, San Diego
10. Fader A.J., Hendricson A.W., Dohanich G.P. Estrogen improves performance of reinforced T-maze alternation and prevents the amnestic effects of scopolamine administered systemically or intrahippocampally. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 69:1998;225-240
11. Fader A.J., Johnson P.E., Dohanich G.P. Estrogen improves working but not reference memory and prevents amnestic effects of scopolamine of a radial-arm maze. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 62:1999;711-717
12. Frye C.A. Estrus-associated decrements in a water maze task are limited to acquisition. Physiology and Behavior. 57:1995;5-14
13. Gabor R., Nagle R., Johnson D.A., Gibbs R.B. Estrogen enhances potassium-stimulated acetylcholine release in the rat hippocampus. Brain Research. 962:2003;244-247
14. Gibbs R.B. Fluctuations in relative levels of choline acetyltransferase mRNA in different regions of the rat basal forebrain across the estrous cycle: Effects of estrogen and progesterone. Journal of Neuroscience. 16:1996;1049-1055
15. Gibbs R.B. Estrogen replacement enhances acquisition of a spatial memory task and reduces deficits associated with hippocampal muscarinic receptor inhibition. Hormones and Behavior. 36:1999;222-233
16. Gibbs R.B. Long-term treatment with estrogen and progesterone enhances acquisition of a spatial memory task by ovariectomized aged rats. Neurobiology of Aging. 21:2000;107-116
17. Gibbs R.B., Pfaff D.W. Effects of estrogen and fimbria/fornix transection on p75NGFR and ChAT expression in the medial septum and diagonal band of Broca. Experimental Neurology. 116:1992;23-39
18. Gibbs R.B., Wu D., Hersh L.B., Pfaff D.W. Effects of estrogen replacement on the relative levels of choline acetyltransferase, trkA, and nerve growth factor messenger RNAs in the basal forebrain and hippocampal formation of adult rats. Experimental Neurology. 129:1994;70-80
19. Gould E., Woolley C.S., Frankfurt M., McEwen B.S. Gonadal steroids regulate dendritic spine density in hippocampal pyramidal cells in adulthood. Journal of Neuroscience. 10:1990;1286-1291
20. Korol D.L., Kolo L.L. Estrogen-induced changes in place and response learning in young adult female rats. Behavioral Neuroscience. 116:2002;411-420
21. Luine V.N. Estradiol increases choline acetyltransferase activity in specific basal forebrain nuclei and projection areas of female rats. Experimental Neurology. 89:1985;484-490
22. Luine V.N. Steroid hormone modulation of hippocampal dependent spatial memory. Stress. 2:1997;21-36
23. Luine V.N., Richards S.T., Wu V.Y., Beck K.D. Estradiol enhances learning and memory in a spatial memory task and effects levels of monoaminergic neurotransmitters. Hormones and Behavior. 34:1998;149-162
24. McDonald R.J., White N.M. A triple dissociation of memory systems: Hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal striatum. Behavioral Neuroscience. 107:1993;3-22
25. Morris R. Developments of a water-maze procedure for studying spatial learning in the rat. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 11:1984;47-60
26. O'Malley C.A., Hautamaki R.D., Kelley M., Meyer E.M. Effects of ovariectomy and estradiol benzoate on high affinity choline uptake, ACh synthesis, and release from rat cerebral cortical synaptosomes. Brain Research. 403:1987;389-392
27. Packard M.G., McGaugh J.L. Inactivation of hippocampus or caudate nucleus with lidocaine differentially affects expression of place and response learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 65:1996;65-72
28. Pearce J.M., Roberts A.D., Good M. Hippocampal lesions disrupt navigation based on cognitive maps but not heading vectors. Nature. 396:1998;75-77
29. Sandstrom N.J., Williams C.L. Memory retention is modulated by acute estradiol and progesterone replacement. Behavioral Neuroscience. 115:2001;384-393
30. Singh M., Meyer E.M., Millard W.J., Simpkins J.W. Ovarian steroid deprivation results in a reversible learning impairment and compromised cholinergic function in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Brain Research. 644:1994;305-312
31. Warren S.G., Juraska J.M. Spatial and nonspatial learning across the rat estrous cycle. Behavioral Neuroscience. 111:1997;259-266
32. Wilson I.A., Puolivali J., Heikkinen T., Riekkinen P. Jr. Estrogen and NMDA receptor antagonism: Effects upon reference and working memory. European Journal of Pharmacology. 381:1999;93-99
33. Woolley C.S., McEwen B.S. Estradiol mediates fluctuation in hippocampal synapse density during the estrous cycle in the adult rat. Journal of Neuroscience. 12:1992;2549-2554
34. Woolley C.S., Weiland N.G., McEwen B.S., Schwartzkroin P.A. Estradiol increases the sensitivity of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells to NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic input: Correlation with dendritic spine density. Journal of Neuroscience. 17:1997;1848-1859