Chronic treatment with estrogen receptor agonists restores acquisition of a spatial learning task in young ovariectomized rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-314

  Hammond, R ^a   Mauk, R ^a   Ninaci, D ^a   Nelson, D ^a   Gibbs, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

DPN; Estradiol; G 1; GPR30; PPT; T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR AGONIST; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CYCLOPENTANES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; LEARNING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; PYRAZOLES; QUINOLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69449084644     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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