Preliminary evidence that long-term estrogen use reduces white matter loss in aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1936-1940

  Ha, Duy M ^a   Xu, Jingang ^a   Janowsky, Jeri S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; Estrogen; Grey matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 35148870166     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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