Open AccessCognitive complaints are associated with smaller right medial temporal gray-matter volume in younger postmenopausal women
Author(s) -
Alexander C. Conley,
Kimberly Albert,
Brian D. Boyd,
ShinGyeom Kim,
Sepideh Shokouhi,
Brenna C. McDonald,
Andrew J. Saykin,
Julie A. Dumas,
Paul Newhouse
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
menopause
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.086
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1530-0374
pISSN - 1072-3714
DOI - 10.1097/gme.0000000000001613
Subject(s) - medicine , cognition , temporal lobe , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , audiology , cognitive decline , menopause , voxel based morphometry , magnetic resonance imaging , brain size , psychiatry , dementia , white matter , disease , radiology , epilepsy
Menopause is associated with increasing cognitive complaints and older women are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer disease compared to men. However, there is difficulty in early markers of risk using objective performance measures. We investigated the impact of subjective cognitive complaints on the cortical structure in a sample of younger postmenopausal women.