Higher levels of plasma estradiol and testosterone in healthy elderly men compared with age-matched women may protect aspects of explicit memory

Menopause

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-177

  Carlson, Linda E ^a,b   Sherwin, Barbara B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Elderly; Estradiol; Free testosterone; Memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034021844     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200007030-00007     Document Type: Article

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