Effects of testosterone on visuospatial function and verbal fluency in postmenopausal women: Results from a functional magnetic resonance imaging pilot study

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 410-414

  Davis, Susan R ^a   Davison, Sonia L ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^b   Searle, Karissa ^b   Gogos, Andrea ^b,c   Rossell, Susan L ^a,d   Egan, Gary F ^a,c   Bell, Robin J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Menopause; Testosterone; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; VISION;

BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897494759     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e3182a065ed     Document Type: Article

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