Effect of ovariectomy on reference memory version of morris water maze in young adult rats

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-128

  Sarkaki, Alireza ^a   Amani, Reza ^a   Badavi, Mohammad ^a   Safahani, Maryam ^a   Aligholi, Hadi ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Morris water maze; Ovariectomy; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 45349086459     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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