Effect of spatial learning on hippocampal testosterone in intact and castrated male rats

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-58

  Mohaddes, Gisou ^a,b   Naghdi, Nasser ^a   Khamnei, Saeed ^b   Khatami, Shohreh ^a   Haeri, Ali ^c  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult rat; Hippocampus; Spatial learning; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICRODIALYSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 65949114864     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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