Improved Estrogen Reception May Sharpen Fuzzy Memory

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:15

Finding ways to boost the brain's estrogen receptors may be an alternative to adding estrogen to the body in efforts to improve cognition in postmenopausal women and younger women with low estrogen levels, according to neuroscientists at the University of Florida's McKnight Brain Institute.


 

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