Cognitive performance in surgically menopausal women on estrogen

Authors
Verghese, J Kuslansky, G Katz, MJ Sliwinski, M Crystal, HA Buschke, H Lipton, RB
Citation
J. Verghese et al., Cognitive performance in surgically menopausal women on estrogen, NEUROLOGY, 55(6), 2000, pp. 872-874
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
872 - 874
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(20000926)55:6<872:CPISMW>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) may help maintain normal cognitive funct ion. Nondemented surgically menopausal women on ERT (n = 10) enrolled in a longitudinal aging study performed better than age- and education-matched c ontrol subjects (n = 25) on selected tests of verbal memory and constructio nal ability. These results suggest that ERT initiated soon after surgical m enopause can have long-term neuroprotective effects in cognitively intact w omen.