Amelioratory effects of testosterone treatment on cognitive performance deficits induced by soluble Aβ1-42 oligomers injected into the hippocampus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-486

  Jia, Jianxin ^a   Kang, Lin ^a   Li, Sha ^a   Geng, Dandan ^a   Fan, Ping ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Cui, Huixian ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Flutamide; Gonadectomy; Morris water maze; Soluble A 1 42 oligomer; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; OLIGOMER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL LEARNING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; GONADECTOMY; MORRIS WATER MAZE; SOLUBLE AΒ1-42 OLIGOMER; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOPROTECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ORCHIECTOMY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84884129876     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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