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Randomized Trials of Estrogen for Memory and Dementia

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Women’s Health and Menopause

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It is well-documented that memory and other cognitive skills decline with age, beginning in midlife and progressing thereafter [1]. Among the different kinds of memory affected by aging, long-term memory [2] is the most important. Long-term memory is often evaluated by delayed recall tasks, in which new information is presented for learning, followed some minutes later by the conscious recall of this information. In contrast, short-term memory is assessed by recall several seconds after new information is presented. Separate distinction is sometimes made between memory for verbal information and memory for information not easily described by words (for example, a visual pattern).

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    R. A. Lobo

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

    P. G. Crosignani  & F. Bruschi  & 

  3. Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    R. Paoletti

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Henderson, V.W. (2002). Randomized Trials of Estrogen for Memory and Dementia. In: Lobo, R.A., Crosignani, P.G., Paoletti, R., Bruschi, F. (eds) Women’s Health and Menopause. Medical Science Symposia Series, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1061-1_33

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