Hormone therapy does not modify emotion-induced brain activity in older women

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Pruis, T A ^a   Roalf, D R ^a   Janowsky, J S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amygdala; Emotion; Estrogen; fMRI; Hormone therapy; Prefrontal cortex; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350728645     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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