Cognition in perimenopause: The effect of transition stage

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-517

  Weber, Miriam T ^a   Rubin, Leah H ^b   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

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ESTRADIOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC;

EID: 84879248966     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31827655e5     Document Type: Article

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