Estradiol Therapy After Menopause Mitigates Effects of Stress on Cortisol and Working Memory.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Postmenopausal estradiol therapy (ET) can reduce the stress response. However, it remains unclear whether such reductions can mitigate effects of stress on cognition.

Objective

Investigate effects of ET on cortisol response to a physical stressor, cold pressor test (CPT), and whether ET attenuates stress effects on working memory.

Design

Women completed the CPT or control condition across two sessions and subsequently completed a sentence span task.

Setting

General community: Participants were recruited from the Early vs Late Intervention Trial with Estradiol (ELITE).

Participants

ELITE participants (mean age = 66, standard deviation age = 6.8) in this study did not suffer from any major chronic illness or use medications known to affect the stre

SUBMITTER: Herrera AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718702 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature