Object recognition memory and temporal lobe activation after delayed estrogen replacement therapy

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-25

  Fonseca, Cristina S ^a   Gusmão, Isabela D ^a   Raslan, Ana C S ^a   Monteiro, Brisa Marina M ^a   Massensini, André R ^a   Moraes, Márcio F D ^a   Pereira, Grace S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; C Fos; Estrogen replacement therapy; Hippocampus; Object recognition memory; Perirhinal cortex

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTEXT EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT EXPLORATION; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENOPAUSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIECTOMY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873823967     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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