The effects of 3-week estrogen hormone replacement on cognition in elderly healthy females

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-139

  Duka, T ^a   Tasker, R ^a   McGowan, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Frontal lobe tasks; Memory; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 0034008422     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002139900324     Document Type: Article

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