Adverse effect of the combination of hypothyroidism and chronic psychosocial stress on hippocampus-dependent memory in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Gerges, Nashaat Z ^a   Alzoubi, Karem H ^a   Park, Collin R ^b   Diamond, David M ^b   Alkadhi, Karim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Depts of Psychol and Pharmacology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampal dependent memory; Hypothyroidism; Psychosocial stress; Radial arm water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344651290     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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