Effects of multiple daily genistein treatments on delayed alternation and a differential reinforcement of low rates of responding task in middle-aged rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Neese, Steven L ^a   Bandara, Suren B ^a   Doerge, Daniel R ^a   Helferich, William G ^b   Korol, Donna L ^a   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive function; Genistein; Phytoestrogens; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SUCROSE;

AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYTOESTROGENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856216098     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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