Differential effects on visual and spatial recognition memory of a novel hormone therapy regimen of estrogen alone or combined with progesterone in older surgically menopausal monkeys

Neuroscience

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1205-1217

  Voytko, M L ^a   Higgs, C J ^a   Murray, R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

delayed matching to sample; delayed response; nonhuman primates; ovariectomy; postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; MENOPAUSE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 45849125751     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.064     Document Type: Article

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