Sex hormones and white matter hyperintensities in midlife women in the MsBrain study
Findings indicate the importance of endogenous sex hormones to late midlife women's cerebrovascular health. They underscore the value, when investigating aging women's brain health, of moving beyond a sole focus on E2 to also consider E1 and FSH, hormones particularly relevant in the postmenopause.
Authors
- Yue‐Fang Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0080-4597)
- Carol A. Derby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5657-4519)
- Rebecca C. Thurston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6580-1202)
- Howard Jay Aizenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-6582)
- Pauline M. Maki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8443-3430)
- Minjie Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-3851)
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.092810
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00