A preliminary study on progesterone antioxidation in promoting learning and memory of young ovariectomized mice

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-404

  He, Lu ^a   Yang, Hui ^a   Zhai, Li Dong ^a   Shao, Heng ^a   Li, Yun Sheng ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidation; Contextual fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Nissl stain; Progesterone; Water maze

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STAINING;

EID: 79960443613     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.23402     Document Type: Article

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