Chronic estradiol replacement to aged female rats reduces anxiety-like and depression-like behavior and enhances cognitive performance

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 909-916

  Walf, Alicia A ^a   Paris, Jason J ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b The Center for Neuroscience Research   (United States)

^c The Center for Life Sciences Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anxiety; Estrogen; Menopause; Mood; Object placement; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY DELAY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEPRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349156645     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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