Acute gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment enhances extinction memory in male rats

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017-08, Vol.82, p.164-172
• Main Authors: Maeng, L.Y, Taha, M.B, Cover, K.K, Glynn, S.S, Murillo, M, Lebron-Milad, K, Milad, M.R
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amygdala - metabolism; Animals; Anxiety; Brain - metabolism; c-fos; Cerebral Cortex - metabolism; Conditioning (Psychology) - drug effects; Conditioning, Classical - physiology; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Extinction, Psychological - drug effects; Extinction, Psychological - physiology; Fear - physiology; Fear extinction; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - metabolism; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Leuprolide - metabolism; Leuprolide - pharmacology; Leuprolide acetate; Lupron; Male; Memory - drug effects; Memory - physiology; Neurons - metabolism; Pituitary-Adrenal System - metabolism; Prefrontal Cortex - drug effects; Prefrontal Cortex - metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos - metabolism; Psychiatry; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, LHRH - agonists; Receptors, LHRH - therapeutic use; Testosterone; Testosterone - blood
• ISSN: 0306-4530; 1873-3360
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.05.015

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