Estradiol-induced increase in novel object recognition requires hippocampal NR2B-containing NMDA receptors

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-115

  Vedder, Lindsey C ^a   Smith, Caroline C ^b   Flannigan, Alaina E ^a   Mcmahon, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Learning; LTP; Memory; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; ORTHOVANADIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; VISION;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84870918023     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22068     Document Type: Article

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