In rats, goserelin chemical castration reduced neurogenesis.
In plain wordsIn rats, goserelin chemical castration reduced the formation of new nerve cells.
- Peptide
- Goserelin
- Outcome
- DecreaseNeurogenesis
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Chemical castration- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The orchiectomy group and the goserelin group showed less neurogenesis and impaired short-term and spatial memory.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In a rat model, we investigated whether surgical and chemical castration affected memory ability
Orchiectomy was performed for surgical castration and goserelin acetate was subcutaneously transplanted into the anterior abdominal wall for chemical castration.