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SUBMITTER: Henderson VW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2791907 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology 20091201 4
<h4>Objective</h4>To review the relation in midlife and beyond between estrogen exposures and episodic memory in women.<h4>Background</h4>Episodic memory performance declines with usual aging, and impairments in episodic memory often portend the development of Alzheimer disease. In the laboratory, estradiol influences hippocampal function and animal learning. However, it is controversial whether estrogens affect memory after a woman's reproductive years.<h4>Method</h4>Focused literature review, ...[more]