High Oestradiol Replacement Reverses Response Memory Bias in Ovariectomised Female Rats Regardless of Dopamine Levels in the Dorsal Striatum

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Hussain, D ^a   Cossette, M P ^a   Brake, W G ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

asymmetry; lateralisation; multiple memory systems; oestrogen; striatum

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DORSAL STRIATUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY BIAS; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECTS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84973495717     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12375     Document Type: Article

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