Estrogen use and verbal memory in healthy postmenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 979-983

  Kampen, Diane L ^a,b   Sherwin, Barbaba B ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0028229333     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199406000-00017     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Campbell S, Whitehead M. Oestrogen therapy and the menopausal syndrome. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1977;4:31-47.
2. Caldwell BM, Watson RI. An evaluation of psychologic effects of sex hormone administration in aged women: I. Results of therapy after six months. J Gerontol 1952;7:228-44.
3. Vanhulle G, Demol R. A double-blind study into the influence of estriol on a number of psychological tests in post-menopausal women. In: van Keep PA, Greenblatt RB, Albeaux-Fernet M, eds. Consensus on menopause research. London: MTP Press, 1976:94-9.
4. Ditkoff EC, Crary WG, Cristo M, Lobo RA. Estrogen improves psychological function in asymptomatic postmenopausal women. Obstet Gynecol 1991;78:991-5.
5. Barrett-Connor E, Kritz-Silverstein D. Estrogen replacement therapy and cognitive function in older women. JAMA 1993;269:2637-41.
6. Sherwin BB. Estrogen and/or androgen replacement therapy and cognitive functioning in surgically menopausal women. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1988;13:345-57.
7. Phillips SM, Sherwin BB. Effects of estrogen on memory function in surgically menopausal women. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1992;17:485-95.
8. Craik FIM. Memory functions in normal aging. In: Yanagihara T, Petersen RC, eds. Memory disorders: Research and clinical practice. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991:347-67.
9. Wechsler D. A standardized memory scale for clinical use. J Psychol 1945;19:87-95.
10. Russell EW. A multiple scoring method for the assessment of complex memory functions. J Consult Clin Psychol 1975;43:800-9.
11. Buschke H, Fuld PA. Evaluating storage, retention, and retrieval in disordered memory and learning. Neurology 1974;24:1019-25.
12. Hannay HJ, Levin HS. Selective reminding test: An examination of the equivalence of four forms. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 1985;7:251-63.
13. Ferguson GA, Takane Y. Statistical analysis in psychology and education. New York: McGraw Hill, 1989.
14. Blishen BR. A socio-economic index for occupations in Canada. Can Rev Socio Anthropol 1967;4:41-53.
15. Sherwin BB, Gelfand MM. A prospective one-year study of estrogen and progestin in postmenopausal women: Effects on clinical symptoms and lipoprotein lipids. Obstet Gynecol 1989;73: 759-66.
16. Wechsler D. Manual for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. New York: Psychological Corporation, 1955.
17. Kear-Colwell JJ. The structure of the Wechsler Memory Scale: A replication. J Clin Psychol 1977;33:483-5.
18. Sweeney JA, Wetzler S, Stokes P, Kocsis J. Cognitive functioning in depression. J Clin Psychol 1989;45:836-42.
19. McKhann G, Drachman D, Folstein M, Katzman R, Price D, Stadlan EM. Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: Report of the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group under the auspices of Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology 1984;34:939-44.
20. Bartus RT, Dean RL, Beer B, Lippa AS. The cholinergic hypothesis of geriatric memory dysfunction. Science 1982;217:408-17.
21. Kopelman MD. Multiple memory deficits in Alzheimer-type dementia: Implications for pharmacotherapy. Psychol Med 1985; 15:527-41.
22. McEwen BS, Coirini H, Danielsson A, et al. Steroid and thyroid hormones modulate a changing brain. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1991;40:1-14.
23. Squire L. Memory and the hippocampus: A synthesis from findings with rats, monkeys, and humans. Psychol Rev 1992,99:195-231.
24. Henderson VW, Paganini-Hill A, Emanuel CK, Dunn ME, Buck-waiter JG. Estrogen replacement therapy in older women: Comparisons between Alzheimer’s disease cases and controls. Arch Neurol (in press).