Estradiol Replacement in Gonadectomized Male Rats Alters Scopolamine-Induced Disruptions of Nonspatial Learning

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 532-546

  Leonard, Stuart T ^a   Moerschbaecher, Joseph M ^a   Winsauer, Peter J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone; estradiol; learning and memory; repeated acquisition; scopolamine

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GONADECTOMY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 57949096069     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013718     Document Type: Article

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