Increased memory load-related frontal activation after estradiol treatment in postmenopausal women

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 929-935

  Dumas, Julie A ^a   Kutz, Amanda M ^a   Naylor, Magdalena R ^a   Johnson, Julia V ^b   Newhouse, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; FMRI; Postmenopausal women; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78349253792     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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