Prefrontal cortex as the site of estrogen's effect on cognition

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 577-590

  Keenan, P A ^a   Ezzat, W H ^a   Ginsburg, K ^a   Moore, G J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Executive functioning; Memory; Menopause; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034990661     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(01)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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