Effects of continuous vs. cycling estrogen replacement on the acquisition, retention and expression of place- and response-learning in the open-field tower maze

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-89

  Lipatova, Olga ^a   Byrd, Dennis ^a   Green, John T ^a   Toufexis, Donna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous; Cycling; Estrogen; Place learning; Response learning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; MAZE TEST; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84901992308     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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