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  • George, O., Vallee, M., Vitiello, S., Le Moal, M., Piazza, P. V., Mayo, W. Low brain allopregnanolone levels mediate flattened circadian activity associated with memory impairments in aged rats Biological Psychiatry  2010 68:956-963  DOI:10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.03.022  PMID:20471631  PMCID:PMC2936666
  • George, O., Parducz, A., Dupret, D., Kharouby, M., Le Moal, M., Piazza, P. V., Mayo, W. Smad-dependent alterations of PPT cholinergic neurons as a pathophysiological mechanism of age-related sleep-dependent memory impairments Neurobiology of Aging  2006 27:1848-1858  DOI:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.10.014  PMID:16316709
  • Rabat, A., Bouyer, J. J., George, O., Le Moal, M., Mayo, W. Chronic exposure of rats to noise: relationship between long-term memory deficits and slow wave sleep disturbances Behavioural Brain Research  2006 171:303-312  DOI:10.1016/j.bbr.2006.04.007  PMID:16716416
  • Lemaire, V., Billard, J. M., Dutar, P., George, O., Piazza, P. V., Epelbaum, J., Le Moal, M., Mayo, W. Motherhood-induced memory improvement persists across lifespan in rats but is abolished by a gestational stress European Journal of Neuroscience  2006 23:3368-3374  DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04870.x  PMID:16820026
  • George, O., Vallee, M., Le Moal, M., Mayo, W. Neurosteroids and cholinergic systems: implications for sleep and cognitive processes and potential role of age-related changes Psychopharmacology  2006 186:402-413  DOI:10.1007/s00213-005-0254-6  PMID:16416333
  • Vallee, M., George, O., Vitiello, S., Le Moal, M., Mayo, W. New insights into the role of neuroactive steroids in cognitive aging Experimental Gerontology  2004 39:1695-1704  DOI:10.1016/j.exger.2004.07.012  PMID:15582285
  • Darbra, S., George, O., Bouyer, J. J., Piazza, P. V., Le Moal, M., Mayo, W. Sleep-wake states and cortical synchronization control by pregnenolone sulfate into the pedunculopontine nucleus Journal of Neuroscience Research  2004 76:742-747  DOI:10.1002/jnr.20074  PMID:15139033
  • Mayo, W., George, O., Darbra, S., Bouyer, J. J., Vallee, M., Darnaudery, M., Pallares, M., Lemaire-Mayo, V., Le Moal, M., Piazza, P. V., Abrous, N. Individual differences in cognitive aging: implication of pregnenolone sulfate Progress in Neurobiology  2003 71:43-48  DOI:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.09.006  PMID:14611866
  • Vallee, M., Purdy, R. H., Mayo, W., Koob, G. F., Le Moal, M. Neuroactive steroids: New biomarkers of cognitive aging Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  2003 85:329-335  DOI:10.1016/s0960-0760(03)00227-9  PMID:12943719
  • Vallee, M., Mayo, W., Koob, G. F., Le Moal, M. Neurosteroids in learning and memory processes Neurosteroids and Brain Function  2001 46:273-320  PMID:11599303