Progesterone, administered before kainic acid, prevents decrements in cognitive performance in the Morris Water Maze

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-152

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Walf, Alicia ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Dihydroprogesterone; Hippocampus; Ictal activity; Learning; Neuroprotection; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GESTAGEN; KAINIC ACID; PROGESTERONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEIZURE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 78650963439     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20832     Document Type: Article

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