Dorsal hippocampal progesterone infusions enhance object recognition in young female mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Orr, Patrick T ^a   Lewis, Michael C ^a   Frick, Karyn M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Mouse; Object memory; Progestins; Rodent

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROINJECTIONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67649271341     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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