Hormones, Cognition and Dementia State of the Art and Emergent Therapeutic Strategies

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Author: Eef Hogervorst, PhD, Victor Henderson, MD MS, Robert Gibbs, PhD, Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD
Affiliation: Loughborough University
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN 10: 0521899370
ISBN 13: 9780521899376
eISBN: 9780511635700
Edition: 1st
Description:
A decade ago, oestrogen-containing hormone therapy was viewed as a promising strategy for the prevention and treatment of dementia and age-related cognitive decline. However, treatment trials in women with Alzheimer's disease showed that oestrogens did not reverse cognitive impairment, and clinical trials in healthy older women indicated that oestrogens did not prevent cognitive decline. The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study trial even suggested an increased risk of dementia with treatment late in life. What happened? How are we to understand these findings? What are the implications for middle-aged and older women? What about testosterone, and what about men? And where do we go from here? This book brings together world-renowned experts in basic and clinical research on sex steroids, aging, and cognition to integrate existing findings with emerging new data, and offer challenging hypotheses on these key issues.
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