Estrogen improves short term memory and oral reading in post-menopausal women, middle-aged
CONTACT: Karen N. Peart 203-432-1326 # 249 New Haven, Connecticut - Postmenopausal women who received estrogen therapy daily half performance showed better oral reading and verbal memory, the Yale School of Medicine, the researchers September Journal of the menopause. This is the first study to specifically examine the effect of estrogen on the ability to read, said lead researcher Sally Shaywitz, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Yale Child Study Center. Most studies examine the association between estrogen use and cognitive function has focused on the planet, but not specific or mental state of mind as the main outcome.benefit, the study also shows that estrogen in postmenopausal women younger everyday activities like reading, uses Shaywitz said. You should ask the
doctors, women after menopause, and take seriously concerns about the difficulties in reading and memory. The study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of a group of 60 postmenopausal women aged 32.8 to 64.9. Participants were evaluated for oral reading, verbal memory and other cognitive abilities.They were treated for two periods of 21 days each: a period with estrogen and after waiting 14 days, another period with a placebo. Shaywitz obtained data on oral reading, using the Gray oral reading and verbal memory using the Wechsler Memory scale and the penalty Span Test Mood was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory, and no significant difference was observed between the placebo group and treated with estrogen. Vocabulary, attention and verbal
memory were comparable to placebo and estrogen.In contrast with previous research examining estrogen and cognition, the study based on the assumption that the neurobiological data, the image of the behavior and the brain, Shaywitz said. The neurobiological data shows estrogen show a positive effect on the processes of neural basis of behavioral data that positively affects estrogen known phonological (sound based) cognitive
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