Neuroprotective effects of estrogen treatment on ischemia-induced behavioural deficits in ovariectomized gerbils at different ages

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Wappler, Edina A ^a   Felszeghy, Klára ^a   Szilágyi, Géza ^a,b   Gál, Anikó ^a   Skopál, Judit ^a   Mehra, Raj D ^c   Nyakas, Csaba ^a   Nagy, Zoltán ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b State Health Centre   (Hungary)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cerebral ischemia; Estrogen; Gerbil; Memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OVARIECTOMY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE MEMORY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASPASE 3; ESTROGENS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEMORY; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77249137676     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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