Does phytoestrogen supplementation affect cognition differentially in males and females?

Brain Research

Volumn 1514, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-127

  Sumien, Nathalie ^a   Chaudhari, Kiran ^a   Sidhu, Akram ^a   Forster, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Daidzein; Gender; Genistein; Phytoestrogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUPPLEMENTATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878501744     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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