Progesterone reduces depression-like behavior in a murine model of Alzheimer's Disease

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Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-153

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Walf, Alicia A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; NEUROSTEROID; PLACEBO; PRESENILIN 1; PROGESTERONE; TRITIUM;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ROTAROD TEST; TAIL FLICK TEST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 67349158251     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-009-9091-6     Document Type: Article

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