A 3-day estrogen treatment improves prefrontal cortex-dependent cognitive function in postmenopausal women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 965-975

  Krug, Rosemarie ^a   Born, Jan ^a   Rasch, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Estrogen; Postmenopausal women; Short term administration; Verbal memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AFFECT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33746620872     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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