Gender differences and the role of estrogen in cognitive enhancements with nicotine in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Taylor, George T ^a   Maloney, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Estrogen; Nicotine; Sex differences; Spatial; Visual orientation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; NICOTINE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 76949106060     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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