Soy Phytoestrogens Improve Radial Arm Maze Performance in Ovariectomized Retired Breeder Rats and Do Not Attenuate Benefits of 17β-Estradiol Treatment

Yuanlong Pan, Mary S. Anthony, Sheree L. Watson, T.B. Clarkson

Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society · 2000 · 96 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Our data suggest that SPEs may function as estrogen agonists in improving working memory in the ovariectomized retired breeder female rats and that SPEs do not antagonize the beneficial effects of estradiol on the working memory of these rats. No additional benefits on the radial arm maze test performance were observed with the tested combinations of estradiol and SPEs.