Estradiol impairs response inhibition in young and middle-aged, but not old rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-414

  Wang, Victor C ^a   Neese, Steven L ^a   Korol, Donna L ^a   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; DRL; Estrogens; Inhibition; Operant; Timing

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLESTEROL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

RATTUS;

EID: 79957833458     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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