The role of progesterone in memory: An overview of three decades

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-204

  Barros, L A ^a   Tufik, S ^a   Andersen, M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Memory; Progesterone; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMPA RECEPTOR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MIFEPRISTONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE M ZETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; GESTAGEN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS;

EID: 84921415604     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.11.015     Document Type: Review

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