Cognitive function at menopause: Neuroendocrine implications for the study of the aging brain

Functional Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 175-180

  Costa, Alfredo ^a   Nappi, Rossella E ^a   Sinforiani, Elena ^a   Bono, Giorgio ^a   Poma, Anna ^a   Nappi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging brain; Dementia of the Alzheimer type; Estrogens; Gonadectomy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL AGING; CLIMACTERIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REVIEW;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL AGING; CLIMACTERIC; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031136930     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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