Blockade of estrogen by hormonal contraceptives impairs fear extinction in female rats and women

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-378

  Graham, Bronwyn M ^a   Milad, Mohammed R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; estradiol; estrous cycle; fear conditioning; gonadal hormones; menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; NITRILES; PROPIONATES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84872871229     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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