The effects of dietary treatment with S-equol on learning and memory processes in middle-aged ovariectomized rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-88

  Neese, Steven L ^a,b   Pisani, Samantha L ^a   Doerge, Daniel R ^c   Helferich, William G ^a   Sepehr, Estatira ^c   Chittiboyina, Amar G ^d   Rotte, Sateesh Chandra Kumar ^d   Smillie, Troy J ^d   Khan, Ikhlas A ^d   Korol, Donna L ^a,e   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Equol; Executive function; Phytoestrogens; Place learning

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENANTIOMER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTERUS WEIGHT; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; EQUOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLACE LEARNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EQUOL; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84893153319     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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