Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 932-945 , June 2009

Estrogen effects on cognition and hippocampal transcription in middle-aged mice

Received 18 July 2007 ,Revised 6 September 2007 ,Accepted 12 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.09.004

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 932-945 , June 2009

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