Multiparity-induced enhancement of hippocampal neurogenesis and spatial memory depends on ovarian hormone status in middle age

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2391-2405

  Barha, Cindy K ^a,c   Lieblich, Stephanie E ^a   Chow, Carmen ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogens; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurogenesis; Parity

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; DOUBLECORTIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTROGEN;

ADRENAL BODY MASS RATIO; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MEMORY; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTHER; MULTIPARA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAL ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; OVARIAN HORMONE STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PARITY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84952638342     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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