Endogenous estradiol is associated with verbal memory in nondemented older men

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-165

  Zimmerman, Molly E ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a   Santoro, Nanette ^b   McConnell, Daniel S ^c   Derby, Carol A ^a   Katz, Mindy J ^a   Baigi, Khosrow ^a   Saunders Pullman, Rachel ^a,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Estradiol; Hormones; Memory; Men; Older adults; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955111677     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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