Cumulative estrogen exposure and prospective memory in older women

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Hesson, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Body Mass Index; Estrogen; Estrogen therapy; Geriatric Depression Scale; Index of Cumulative Estrogen Exposure; Index of Estrogen Exposure; Prefrontal cortex; Prospective memory; Speed and Capacity of Language Processing Test; Spot the Word Test; Wechsler Memory Scale Third Edition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INDEX OF CUMULATIVE ESTROGEN EXPOSURE; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEMORY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NULLIPARA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; BREAST FEEDING; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 84861441578     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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