3α-androstanediol, but not testosterone, attenuates age-related decrements in cognitive, anxiety, and depressive behavior of male rats
Some hippocampally-influenced affective and/or cognitive processes decline with aging. The role of androgens in this process is of interest. Testosterone (T) is aromatized to estrogen, and reduced to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is converted to 5α-androstane, 3α, 17&alp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2010.00015/full |