Estradiol does not influence strategy choice but place strategy choice is associated with increased cell proliferation in the hippocampus of female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 582-590

  Rummel, Julia ^a   Epp, Jonathan R ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Dentate gyrus; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Ki67; Morris water maze; Ovarian hormones; Proestrus; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77956294577     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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