Effects of long-term treatment with 17 β-estradiol and medroxyprogesterone acetate on water maze performance in middle aged female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-207

  Lowry, Nioka C ^a   Pardon, Laura P ^a   Yates, Melissa A ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Estradiol; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Hormone replacement; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Memory; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; ESTROGEN; HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; LONG EVANS RAT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PERIODICITY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; UTERUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONES; MAZE LEARNING; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 77953359997     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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