Gibbs RB (2007) Estradiol enhances DMP acquisition via a mechanism not mediated by turning strategy but which requires intact basal forebrain cholinergic projections. Horm Behav 52:352-359. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.05.011
Summary: Estradiol appears to enhance cholinergic projections to the hippocampus and frontal cortex as shown by tests of response patterns and strategy in rats. The author tested whether this affect was involved with turning strategy, defined as which arm was chosen first in a T-maze. 0.22 µg injections of 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01) were made into the medial septum of rats. Lesioned animals utilized a persistent turning strategy; they always chose the same arm of the maze first, even after the administration of estradiol. These data suggest that although the effects of estradiol are not linked to turning strategy, estradiol does interact with the cholinergic system.
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