Hormone replacement therapy and cognitive performance in postmenopausal women - A review by cognitive domain

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-84

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Estrogen; HRT; Memory

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 28844488450     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.05.003     Document Type: Review

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