The effect of estrogen synthesis inhibition on hippocampal memory

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-225

  Bayer, Janine ^a   Rune, Gabriele ^a   Schultz, Heidrun ^a   Tobia, Michael J ^a,b   Mebes, Imke ^a   Katzler, Olaf ^c   Sommer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Breast Center Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Dual process model; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECTS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANASTROZOLE; ESTRADIOL; LETROZOLE; NITRILE; STEROID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STEROID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAZOLES; VERBAL LEARNING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 84927711005     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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