Modeling menopause: The utility of rodents in translational behavioral endocrinology research

Maturitas

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-17

  Koebele, Stephanie V ^a,b   Bimonte Nelson, Heather A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA ALZHEIMER S CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations HT hormone therapy; DMS delayed match to sample task; VCD 4 vinylcyclohexene diepoxide; WRAM water radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

4 VINYLCYCLOHEXENE DIEPOXIDE; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AGING; COGNITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MENOPAUSE; MODEL; OVARIECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84961802043     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.01.015     Document Type: Review

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