Lifelong estrogen exposure and cognitive performance in elderly women

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-218

  Smith, C A ^a,b   McCleary, C A ^c   Murdock, G A ^c   Wilshire, T W ^a   Buckwalter, D K ^a   Bretsky, P ^c   Marmol, L ^a   Gorsuch, R L ^a   Buckwalter, J G ^b  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Estrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032956099     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1999.1078     Document Type: Article

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