Hormonal Influences on Cognition and Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
- 10 June 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
- Vol. 10 (5), 359-366
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-010-0122-6
Abstract
Research increasingly suggests that changes in estrogen levels during aging may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. This update reviews the newest information about estrogen and cognitive aging, including information regarding the role of bioavailable estrogen in older women and men, use of selective estrogen receptor modulators to improve cognition, and studies of genetic risk factors to elucidate the effects of endogenous estrogen on aging and cognition. Future trials are needed to determine whether alternate timing, dosage, formulation, or method of administration of hormone replacement can reduce the risk of dementia.Keywords
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