Decreased nitric oxide levels in the hippocampus may play a role in learning and memory deficits in ovariectomized rats treated by a high dose of estradiol;Níveis diminuídos de óxido nítrico no hipocampo podem ser importantes nos déficits de aprendizado e de memória em ratas ooforectomizadas tratadas com alta dose de estradiol

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 874-879

  Sadeghian, Reihaneh ^a   Fereidoni, Masoud ^a   Soukhtanloo, Mohammad ^b   Azizi Malekabadi, Hamid ^c   Hosseini, Mahmoud ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hippocampus; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RAT;

EID: 84873903758     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2012001100010     Document Type: Article

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