Estrogen, cognitive functions and emotion: An overview on humans, non-human primates and rodents in reproductive years

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 587-606

  Gasbarri, Antonella ^a,b   Tavares, Maria Clotilde H ^c   Rodrigues, Rosangela C ^c   Tomaz, Carlos ^c   Pompili, Assunta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estrous cycle; Learning and memory; Menstrual cycle; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA AGONIST; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA AGONIST; ESTRONE SULFATE; NEUROSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRIMATES; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA;

EID: 84869397053     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2012-0051     Document Type: Review

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