Cognitive-impairing effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate in the rat: Independent and interactive effects across time

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-418

  Braden, B Blair ^a,b   Garcia, Alexandra N ^a   Mennenga, Sarah E ^a,b   Prokai, Laszlo ^c   Villa, Stephanie R ^a   Acosta, Jazmin I ^a,b   Lefort, Natalie ^a   Simard, Alain R ^d   Bimonte Nelson, Heather A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA ALZHEIMER S CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Contraceptive; Hormone therapy; Learning and memory; Menopause; Progestins

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONAL THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955233596     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2322-4     Document Type: Article

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