Estrogen and Progesterone Negatively Affect Performance in the Morris Water Maze
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Authors
Walsh, Evelyn
Issue Date
1998
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Hormones are cellular communicators able to change the expression of genes in specific
cells with the appropriate receptors. In Warren and Juraska (1997), deficits were found in spatial
ability during proestrus when dendritic spine density is the highest in the hippocampus and when
levels of estrogen and progesterone are highest. The goal of this experiment was to separate the
effects of estrogen from the effects of progesterone on spatial ability in the Morris water maze.
A trend towards estrogen and progesterone having detrimental effects occurred. Spatial ability
has been shown to change with levels of hormones and with the fluctuation of dendritic spine
density that also occurs because of different levels of estrogen and progesterone.
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