Effect of estrogen on brain activation patterns in postmenopausal women during working memory tasks

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1197-1202

  Shaywitz, Sally E ^a   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^a   Pugh, Kenneth R ^a,b   Fulbright, Robert K ^b   Skudlarski, Pawel ^b   Mencl, W Einar ^a,b   Constable, R Todd ^b   Naftolin, Frederick ^b   Palter, Steven F ^b   Marchione, Karen E ^a   Katz, Leonard ^b   Shankweiler, Donald P ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^c   Lacadie, Cheryl ^b   Keltz, Martin ^b   Gore, John C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033531762     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.13.1197     Document Type: Article

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