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@ARTICLE{Joue:268844,
author = {Joue, Gina and Navarro-Schröder, Tobias and Achtzehn,
Johannes and Moffat, Scott and Hennies, Nora and Fuß,
Johannes and Döller, Christian and Wolbers, Thomas and
Sommer, Tobias},
title = {{E}ffects of estrogen on spatial navigation and memory.},
journal = {Psychopharmacology},
volume = {241},
number = {5},
issn = {0033-3158},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-00348},
pages = {1037 - 1063},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Animal studies suggest that the so-called 'female' hormone
estrogen enhances spatial navigation and memory. This
contradicts the observation that males generally out-perform
females in spatial navigation and tasks involving spatial
memory. A closer look at the vast number of studies actually
reveals that performance differences are not so clear.To
help clarify the unclear performance differences between men
and women and the role of estrogen, we attempted to isolate
organizational from activational effects of estrogen on
spatial navigation and memory.In a double-blind,
placebo-controlled study, we tested the effects of orally
administered estradiol valerate (E2V) in healthy, young
women in their low-hormone menstrual cycle phase, compared
to healthy, young men. Participants performed several
first-person, environmentally rich, 3-D computer games
inspired by spatial navigation and memory paradigms in
animal research.We found navigation behavior suggesting that
sex effects dominated any E2 effects with men performing
better with allocentric strategies and women with egocentric
strategies. Increased E2 levels did not lead to general
improvements in spatial ability in either sex but to
behavioral changes reflecting navigation
flexibility.Estrogen-driven differences in spatial cognition
might be better characterized on a spectrum of navigation
flexibility rather than by categorical performance measures
or skills.},
keywords = {Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Estradiol: pharmacology
/ Estrogens: pharmacology / Spatial Memory / Spatial
Navigation / Double-Blind Method / Estradiol (NLM Chemicals)
/ Estrogen (Other) / Gender differences (Other) / Sex
differences (Other) / Spatial memory (Other) / Spatial
navigation (Other) / Estrogens (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Wolbers},
ddc = {004},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310002},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11031496},
pubmed = {pmid:38407638},
doi = {10.1007/s00213-024-06539-3},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/268844},
}