Reconciling subjective memory complaints with objective memory performance in the menopausal transition

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 735-741

  Weber, Miriam T ^a   Mapstone, Mark ^a   Staskiewicz, Jennifer ^a   Maki, Pauline M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estrogen; Memory; Menopausal transition; Perimenopause; Subjective complaints

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SLEEP QUALITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP;

EID: 84863505421     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318241fd22     Document Type: Article

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