Estrogen and the prefrontal cortex: towards a new understanding of estrogen's effects on executive functions in the menopause transition.

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Published in Hum Brain Mapp on December 14, 2012

Authors

Sheila Shanmugan1, C Neill Epperson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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