The effects of estrogens and hormone replacement therapy on adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognition in young and middle-aged female rats.
In women, age-associated decline in cognitive functioning is associated with the onset of menopause, which is the cessation of ovarian functioning and leads to dramatic reduction in circulating levels of ovarian hormones including estradiol. Estrogens have been implicated as possible therapeutic age...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43475 |