The cognitive effects of conjugated equine estrogens depend on whether menopause etiology is transitional or surgical

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3795-3804

  Acosta, Jazmin I ^a,c   Mayer, Loretta P ^b   Braden, B Blair ^a,c   Nonnenmacher, Sean ^a   Mennenga, Sarah E ^a   Bimonte Nelson, Heather A ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA ALZHEIMER S CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 VINYLCYCLOHEXENE DIEPOXIDE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; EPOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA SMEAR; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SWIMMING;

EID: 77954928406     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0055     Document Type: Article

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