Recovery of motor and cognitive function after cerebellar lesions in a songbird - Role of estrogens

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1225-1234

  Spence, Rory D ^a   Zhen, Yin ^a   White, Stephanie ^a   Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Day, Lainy B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Cerebellum; Estradiol; Spatial cognition; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; NEUROSTEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GLIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL MEMORY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 61849179702     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06685.x     Document Type: Article

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