Oestradiol as a neuromodulator of learning and memory

LR Taxier, KS Gross, KM Frick - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Although hormones such as glucocorticoids have been broadly accepted in recent decades
as general neuromodulators of memory processes, sex steroid hormones such as the potent …

[HTML][HTML] Estradiol and cognitive function: past, present and future

VN Luine - Hormones and behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
A historical perspective on estradiol's enhancement of cognitive function is presented, and
research, primarily in animals, but also in humans, is reviewed. Data regarding the …

Applications of the Morris water maze in the study of learning and memory

R D'Hooge, PP De Deyn - Brain research reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
The Morris water maze (MWM) was described 20 years ago as a device to investigate
spatial learning and memory in laboratory rats. In the meanwhile, it has become one of the …

The impact of environmental enrichment in laboratory rats—behavioural and neurochemical aspects

J Simpson, JP Kelly - Behavioural brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
The provision of environmental enrichment (EE) for laboratory rats is recommended in
European guidelines governing laboratory animal welfare. It is believed the EE …

[PDF][PDF] Estrogen actions throughout the brain

B McEwen - Recent progress in hormone research, 2002 - endocrine.org
Besides affecting the hypothalamus and other brain areas related to reproduction, ovarian
steroids have widespread effects throughout the brain, on serotonin pathways …

Invited review: Estrogens effects on the brain: multiple sites and molecular mechanisms

BS McEwen - Journal of applied physiology, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
Besides their well-established actions on reproductive functions, estrogens exert a variety of
actions on many regions of the nervous system that influence higher cognitive function, pain …

Sex steroid hormones matter for learning and memory: estrogenic regulation of hippocampal function in male and female rodents

KM Frick, J Kim, JJ Tuscher, AM Fortress - Learning & Memory, 2015 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Ample evidence has demonstrated that sex steroid hormones, such as the potent estrogen
17β-estradiol (E2), affect hippocampal morphology, plasticity, and memory in male and …

Meta-analysis of sex differences in rodent models of learning and memory: a review of behavioral and biological data

Z Jonasson - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The existence of sex differences in the standard rat and mouse models of learning and
memory is a controversial and contested topic in the literature. The present meta-analysis of …

Sex hormones and cognition: neuroendocrine influences on memory and learning.

DK Hamson, MM Roes, LAM Galea - 2016 - open.library.ubc.ca
Sex differences in neurological disease extend from incidence, severity, progression and
symptoms and may ultimately influence treatment. Cognitive disturbances are frequent in …

Estrogens as neuroprotectants: estrogenic actions in the context of cognitive aging and brain injury

EB Engler-Chiurazzi, CM Brown, JM Povroznik… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is ample empirical evidence to support the notion that the biological impacts of
estrogen extend beyond the gonads to other bodily systems, including the brain and …