Differential effects of acute progesterone administration on spatial and object memory in middle-aged and aged female C57BL/6 mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-462

  Lewis, Michael C ^a   Orr, Patrick T ^a   Frick, Karyn M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Morris water maze; Object recognition; Progesterone; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROGESTERONE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 47549108627     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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