Estradiol or diarylpropionitrile administration to wild type, but not estrogen receptor beta knockout, mice enhances performance in the object recognition and object placement tasks

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-521

  Walf, Alicia A ^a   Koonce, Carolyn J ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Cortex; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; SERMs

Indexed keywords

DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROGESTERONE; PROPIONATES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 41649110011     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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