Acute estrogen treatment facilitates recognition memory consolidation and alters monoamine levels in memory-related brain areas

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-426

  Inagaki, T ^a,b   Gautreaux, C ^a   Luine, V ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; 17 estradiol; Estrogen; Hippocampus; HPLC; Memory consolidation; Monoamines; Object recognition; Prefrontal cortex; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT PLACEMENT; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955273499     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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