Effects of treatment with leuprolide acetate depot on working memory and executive functions in young premenopausal women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 935-947

  Grigorova, Miglena ^a   Sherwin, Barbara B ^a   Tulandi, Togas ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mood; Ovarian suppression; Prefrontal cortical functions; Premenopause; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEPRESSION; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEUPROLIDE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33746605215     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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