Testosterone and dihydrotestosterone differentially improve cognition in aged female mice

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 479-485

  Benice, Ted S ^a   Raber, Jacob ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG IMPLANTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 68149114492     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1428209     Document Type: Article

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