Mnemonic effects of progesterone to mice require formation of 3α,5α-THP

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 590-595

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Koonce, Carolyn J ^a   Walf, Alicia A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hormone replacement therapy; Learning; Memory; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77952237746     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833a7e14     Document Type: Article

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