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Oestrogen alpha-receptor variant and two-year memory decline in midlife Australian women.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2012
Bousman Chad A, Szoeke Cassandra, Chen Karren, Dennerstein Lorraine, Henderson Victor W, Everall Ian P
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OBJECTIVE: To prospectively examine the influence of the oestrogen-α receptor (ESR1)PvuII polymorphism on changes in memory performance over a 2-year period among 80 midlife postmenopausal Australian women. METHODS: Healthy women aged 56-67 years were administered a battery of four memory (verbal and non-verbal) tasks at baseline and 2 years later. RESULTS: Carriers of the ESR1 p allele had significantly greater...
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