Estrogen therapy affects right hemisphere functioning in postmenopausal women

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 228-234

  Bayer, Ulrike ^a   Hausmann, Markus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen; Hemispheric differences; Hormone therapy; Postmenopausal women; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; DIENOGEST; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROGESTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL GROUP; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL FIELD;

AFFECT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGESTINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SALIVA;

EID: 58149120875     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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