Multiple clinically relevant hormone therapy regimens fail to improve cognitive function in aged ovariectomized rhesus monkeys

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1882-1890

  Baxter, Mark G ^a   Roberts, Mary T ^b   Gee, Nancy A ^b,c   Lasley, Bill L ^b,c   Morrison, John H ^a   Rapp, Peter R ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Learning; Macaque; Memory; Ovarian hormones; Prefrontal; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL CIPIONATE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMPLANT; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RHESUS MONKEY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 84875832775     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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