Executive functions in recently postmenopausal women: Absence of strong association with serum gonadal steroids

Brain Research

Volumn 1379, Issue , 2011, Pages 199-205

  Ryan, Joanne ^a,b,e   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^c   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Mack, Wendy J ^c   Clark, Margaret S ^a   Szoeke, Cassandra ^a   Henderson, Victor W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estradiol; Estrogen; Executive function; Menopause; Testosterone; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79952317430     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.093     Document Type: Article

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