Regulation of object recognition and object placement by ovarian sex steroid hormones

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 285, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-157

  Tuscher, Jennifer J ^a   Fortress, Ashley M ^a   Kim, Jaekyoon ^a   Frick, Karyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hippocampus; Mouse; Object location; Progesterone; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84925365895     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.08.001     Document Type: Review

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