The effects of DHEA, 3β-hydroxy-5α-androstane-6,17-dione, and 7-amino-DHEA analogues on short term and long term memory in the mouse

Steroids

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 931-937

  Bazin, Marc Antoine ^a   Kihel, Laïla El ^a   Boulouard, Michel ^b   Bouët, Valentine ^b   Rault, Sylvain ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHE SUR LE MÉDICAMENT DE NORMANDIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

DHEA analogues; Long term memory; Neurosteroids; Scopolamine; Short term memory; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA ANDROSTANE 6,17 DIONE; 7BETA AMINO 17 ETHYLENEDIOXY PRASTERONE; 7BETA AMINO PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3 HYDROXYANDROSTANE 6,17 DIONE; 3-HYDROXYANDROSTANE-6,17-DIONE; 7ALPHA AMINO DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; 7ALPHA-AMINO-DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS; RODENTIA;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 69949153829     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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