Impaired Learning and Memory Performance in a Subclinical Hypothyroidism Rat Model Induced by Hemi-Thyroid Electrocauterisation

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 953-961

  Ge, J F ^a   Peng, L ^a   Hu, C M ^a   Wu, T N ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hemi thyroid electrocauterisation; Learning memory behaviour; Morris water maze; Rat; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYROID SURGERY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84860909571     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02297.x     Document Type: Article

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