ReviewMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2019
The many menopauses: searching the cognitive research literature for menopause types.
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- Associations of lifetime cumulative estrogen exposure with lifecourse social exposures, cognitive decline, and dementia risk among postmenopausal White, Black, and Latina women.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
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- Influence of age and sex on presymptomatic phases of neurodegenerative diseases: Focus on multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.Revue neurologique · 2025Review
- Autism and the Menopause Transition: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular contributions to dementia: Examining sex differences and female-specific factors.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
- Disordered eating and body dissatisfaction in women with non-natural menopause.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
- Cognitive and brain health in women with early bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy: Implications for risk, resilience, and subjective cognitive decline.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- One size does not fit all: how type of menopause and hormone therapy matters for brain health.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2025Review
- Early midlife ovarian removal is associated with lower posterior hippocampal function.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
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- Associations of age at menopause, bilateral oophorectomy, hysterectomy and hormone replacement therapy with glycaemia and risk of dementia: a study based on the population-based UK Biobank cohort.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Determinants of knowledge and perception about menopause among Saudi women: A cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Risks and benefits of hormone therapy after menopause for cognitive decline and dementia: A conceptual review.Maturitas · 2024Review
- Tryptophan Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women with Functional Constipation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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- Disturbed sleep is associated with reduced verbal episodic memory and entorhinal cortex volume in younger middle-aged women with risk-reducing early ovarian removal.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Steroid hormones: risk and resilience in women's Alzheimer disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
- Nutritional Risk Factors Associated with Vasomotor Symptoms in Women Aged 40-65 Years.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveRecent evidence suggests that early or induced menopause increases the risk for cognitive impairment and dementia. Given the potential for different cognitive outcomes due to menopause types, it is important that present research on menopause and cognition distinguishes between types. The aim of this project was to determine to what extent research looking at cognition in postmenopausal women published in one year, 2016, accounted for menopausal type.
methodsWe searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsychINFO using keywords and MeSH terms for menopause and cognition. We included any research paper reporting a cognitive outcome measure in a menopausal human population. Differentiation between the types of menopause was defined by four categories: undifferentiated, demographic differentiation (menopause type reported but not analyzed), partial differentiation (some but not all types analyzed), and full differentiation (menopause types factored into analysis, or recruitment of only one type).
resultsFifty research articles were found and analyzed. Differentiation was distributed as follows: undifferentiated, 38% (19 articles); demographic differentiation, 16% (8); partial differentiation, 28% (14); and full differentiation, 18% (9).
conclusionsThis review revealed that although some clinical studies differentiated between the many menopauses, most did not. This may limit their relevance to clinical practice. We found that when menopause types are distinguished, the differing cognitive outcomes of each type are clarified, yielding the strongest evidence, which in turn will be able to inform best clinical practice for treating all women.
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