Testosterone ameliorates streptozotocin-induced memory impairment in male rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 752-757

  Nayebi, Alireza Mohajjel ^a   Pourrabi, Seyedreza ^b   Hossini, Seyedebrahim ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; flutamide; Learning and memory; letrozole; streptozotocin; tamoxifen; testosterone

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; LETROZOLE; STREPTOZOCIN; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; RAT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; WISTAR RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CASTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84902246225     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2014.6     Document Type: Article

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