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Estrogen Across the Lifespan and Alzheimer’s Disease

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Women’s Health and Menopause

Part of the book series: Medical Science Symposia Series ((MSSS,volume 11))

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Abstract

It has long been argued whether sex differences in cognitive functioning are due to the perinatal organizing effects of gonadal steroid hormones, to activating effects of hormones during the lifespan, to both, or to neither. Recent studies offer compelling support for an ongoing effect of estrogen throughout the lifespan.

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  1. J. Galen Buckwalter
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    R. Paoletti

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    P. G. Crosignani

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. Kenemans

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

    G. Samsioe

  5. Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    M. R. Soma

  6. Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation, Houston, Texas, USA

    A. S. Jackson (Managing Editor) (Managing Editor)

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Buckwalter, J.G., Henderson, V.W. (1997). Estrogen Across the Lifespan and Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Paoletti, R., Crosignani, P.G., Kenemans, P., Samsioe, G., Soma, M.R., Jackson, A.S. (eds) Women’s Health and Menopause. Medical Science Symposia Series, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5560-1_28

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