Hormones
Reports summarize hormones research from Yale University, Department of Psychology
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 2nd, 2009
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Dorsal hippocampal progesterone infusions enhance object recognition in young female mice.' According to recent research published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, "The effects of progesterone on memory are not nearly as well studied as the effects of estrogens. Although progesterone can reportedly enhance spatial and/or object recognition in female rodents when given immediately after training, previous studies have injected progesterone systemically, and therefore, the brain regions mediating this enhancement are not clear."
"As such, this study was designed to determine the role of the dorsal...
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