Estradiol replacement extends the window of opportunity forhippocampal function

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2183-2192

  Vedder, Lindsey C ^a   Bredemann, Teruko M ^a   McMahon, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; E2; GluN2B; Learning and memory; Long term potentiation; NMDA; NR2B; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; OVARIECTOMY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903821070     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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