Serum estrogen level, attention, memory and other cognitive functions in middle-aged women

Climacteric

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Portin, R ^a   Polo Kantola, P ^b   Polo, O ^a   Koskinen, T ^b   Revonsuo, A ^a   Irjala, K ^b   Erkkola, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Estrogen; Information processing; Reaction times; Woman

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; PATIENT CODING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032838075     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697139909025575     Document Type: Article

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