Estradiol and cognitive function: Past, present and future

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 602-618

  Luine, Victoria N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Estradiol; Estrogen receptors; Hormone replacement therapy; Memory

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 84907737483     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.08.011     Document Type: Review

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