A randomized trial of the effect of testosterone and estrogen on verbal fluency, verbal memory, and spatial ability in healthy postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Kocoska Maras, Ljiljana ^a   Zethraeus, Niklas ^a,b   Rdestad, Angelique Flöter ^a   Ellingsen, Tore ^b   Von Schoultz, Bo ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^b   Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cognition; Estrogen; memory; randomized trial; spatial ability; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

ANDROGENS; COGNITION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TESTOSTERONE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 78650414348     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.062     Document Type: Article

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