0
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Critical menarche age for late-life dementia and the role of education and socioeconomic status

, , , , , & show all
Received 25 Mar 2024, Accepted 25 Jul 2024, Published online: 08 Aug 2024

References

  • Armitage, S. G. (1946). An analysis of certain psychological tests for the evaluation of brain injury. Psychological Monographs, 60(277).
  • Bae, J. B., Lipnicki, D. M., Han, J. W., Sachdev, P. S., Kim, T. H., Kwak, K. P. & Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium. (2020). Parity and the risk of incident dementia: A COSMIC study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29, e176. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796020000876
  • Baumgartner, N. E., & Daniel, J. M. (2021). Estrogen receptor α: A critical role in successful female cognitive aging. Climacteric, 24(4), 333–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2021.1875426
  • Bean, J. A., Leeper, J. D., Wallace, R. B., Sherman, B. M., & Jagger, H. (1979). Variations in the reporting of menstrual histories. American Journal of Epidemiology, 109(2), 181–185. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112673
  • Beltz, A. M., & Berenbaum, S. A. (2013). Cognitive effects of variations in pubertal timing: Is puberty a period of brain organization for human sex-typed cognition? Hormones and Behavior, 63(5), 823–828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.04.002
  • Benton, A. L., Sivan, A. B., Hamsher, K. D., Varney, N. R., & Spreen, O. (1994). Contributions to neuropsychological assessment: A clinical manual. Oxford University Press.
  • Blakemore, S., Burnett, S., & Dahl, R. E. (2010). The role of puberty in the developing adolescent brain. Human Brain Mapping, 31(6), 926–933. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21052
  • Borod, J. C., Goodglass, H., & Kaplan, E. (1980). Normative data on the Boston diagnostic aphasia examination, parietal lobe battery, and the Boston naming test. Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2(3), 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1080/01688638008403793
  • Bozikas, V. P., Giazkoulidou, A., Hatzigeorgiadou, M., Karavatos, A., & Kosmidis, M. H. (2008). Do age and education contribute to performance on the clock drawing test? Normative data for the Greek population. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30(2), 199–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803390701346113
  • Brown, E. C., Casey, A., Fisch, R. I., & Neuringer, C. (1958). Trail making test as a screening device for the detection of brain damage. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 22(6), 469. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0039980
  • Buss, K. A., Cho, S., Morales, S., McDoniel, M., Webb, A. F., Schwartz, A., Cole, P. M., Dorn, L. D., Gest, S., & Teti, D. M. (2021). Toddler dysregulated fear predicts continued risk for social anxiety symptoms in early adolescence. Development & Psychopathology, 33(1), 252–263. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419001743
  • Cooper, R., Blell, M., Hardy, R., Black, S., Pollard, T. M., Wadsworth, M. E. J., Pearce, M. S., & Kuh, D. (2006). Validity of age at menarche self-reported in adulthood. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 60(11), 993–997. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2005.043182
  • Dardiotis, E., Kosmidis, M. H., Yannakoulia, M., Hadjigeorgiou, G. M., & Scarmeas, N. (2014). The Hellenic longitudinal investigation of aging and diet (HELIAD): Rationale, study design, and cohort description. Neuroepidemiology, 43(1), 9–14. https://doi.org/10.1159/000362723
  • Dekhtyar, S., Marseglia, A., Xu, W., Darin-Mattsson, A., Wang, H. X., & Fratiglioni, L. (2019). Genetic risk of dementia mitigated by cognitive reserve: A cohort study. Annals of Neurology, 86(1), 68–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.25501
  • de Macks, Z. A. O., Moor, B. G., Overgaauw, S., Güroğlu, B., Dahl, R. E., & Crone, E. A. (2011). Testosterone levels correspond with increased ventral striatum activation in response to monetary rewards in adolescents. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1(4), 506–516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2011.06.003
  • Flood, T., Wilson, I. M., Prue, G., McLaughlin, M., & Hughes, C. M. (2020). Impact of school-based educational interventions in middle adolescent populations (15-17yrs) on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake and perceptions/knowledge of HPV and its associated cancers: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 139, 106168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106168
  • Folstein, M. F., Folstein, S. E., & McHugh, P. R. (1975). “Mini-mental state”. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12(3), 189–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3956(75)90026-6
  • Fox, M., Berzuini, C., & Knapp, L. A. (2013). Cumulative estrogen exposure, number of menstrual cycles, and Alzheimer’s risk in a cohort of British women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, 2973–2982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.005
  • Fratiglioni, L., Marseglia, A., & Dekhtyar, S. (2020). Ageing without dementia: Can stimulating psychosocial and lifestyle experiences make a difference? Lancet Neurology, 19(6), 533–543. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30039-9
  • Geerlings, M. I., Ruitenberg, A., Witteman, J. C. M., van Swieten, J. C., Hofman, A., van Duijn, C. M., Breteler, M. M. B., & Launer, L. J. (2001). Reproductive period and risk of dementia in postmenopausal women. JAMA, 285(11), 1475–1481. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.285.11.1475
  • Gillies, G. E., & McArthur, S. (2010). Estrogen actions in the brain and the basis for differential action in men and women: A case for sex-specific medicines. Pharmacological Reviews, 62(2), 155–198. https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.109.002071
  • Gilsanz, P., Lee, C., Corrada, M. M., Kawas, C. H., Quesenberry, C. P., & Whitmer, R. A. (2019). Reproductive period and risk of dementia in a diverse cohort of health care members. Neurology, 92(17), e2005–e2014. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007326
  • Gogtay, N., Giedd, J. N., Lusk, L., Hayashi, K. M., Greenstein, D., Vaituzis, A. C., Nugent, T. F., III, Herman, D. H., Clasen, L. S., & Toga, A. W. (2004). Dynamic mapping of human cortical development during childhood through early adulthood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (Vol. 101, no. 21, pp. 8174–8179). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0402680101
  • Henderson, V. W., & Popat, R. A. (2011). Effects of endogenous and exogenous estrogen exposures in midlife and late-life women on episodic memory and executive functions. Neuroscience, 191, 129–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.059
  • Ismail, N., Garas, P., & Blaustein, J. D. (2011). Long-term effects of pubertal stressors on female sexual receptivity and estrogen receptor-α expression in CD-1 female mice. Hormones and Behavior, 59(4), 565–571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.010
  • Jang, H., Bae, J. B., Dardiotis, E., Scarmeas, N., Sachdev, P. S., Lipnicki, D. M., Han, J. W., Kim, T. H., Kwak, K. P., Kim, B. J., Kim, S. G., Kim, J. L., Moon, S. W., Park, J. H., Ryu, S.-H., Youn, J. C., Lee, D. Y., Lee, D. W., … Sakka, P. (2018). Differential effects of completed and incomplete pregnancies on the risk of Alzheimer disease. Neurology, 91(7), e643–e651. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006000
  • Juraska, J. M., & Willing, J. (2017). Pubertal onset as a critical transition for neural development and cognition. Brain Research, 1654, 87–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2016.04.012
  • Karim, R., Dang, H., Henderson, V. W., Hodis, H. N., St. John, J., Brinton, R. D., & Mack, W. J. (2016). Effect of reproductive history and exogenous hormone use on cognitive function in mid‐and late life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(12), 2448–2456. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14658
  • Kosmidis, M. H., Vlahou, C. H., Panagiotaki, P., & Kiosseoglou, G. (2004). The verbal fluency task in the Greek population: Normative data, and clustering and switching strategies. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10(2), 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617704102014
  • Kuh, D., Cooper, R., Moore, A., Richards, M., & Hardy, R. (2018). Age at menopause and lifetime cognition: Findings from a British birth cohort study. Neurology, 90(19), e1673–e1681. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000005486
  • Lezak, M. D., Howieson, D. B., Loring, D. W., & Fischer, J. S. (2004). Neuropsychological assessment. Oxford University Press.
  • McEwen, B. S., & Milner, T. A. (2017). Understanding the broad influence of sex hormones and sex differences in the brain. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 95(1–2), 24–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.23809
  • Menon, V., & D’Esposito, M. (2022). The role of PFC networks in cognitive control and executive function. Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, 47(1), 90–103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-01152-w
  • Morris, J. C. (1993). The clinical dementia rating (CDR). Neurology, 43(11), 2412.2–2412–a. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.43.11.2412-a
  • Must, A., Phillips, S. M., Naumova, E. N., Blum, M., Harris, S., Dawson-Hughes, B., & Rand, W. M. (2002). Recall of early menstrual history and menarcheal body size: After 30 years, how well do women remember? American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(7), 672–679. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/155.7.672
  • Patsatsi, A., Kyriakou, A., & Werth, V. P. (2019). Bullous pemphigoid in adolescence. Pediatric Dermatology, 36(2), 184–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.13717
  • Perrin, J. S., Hervé, P.-Y., Leonard, G., Perron, M., Pike, G. B., Pitiot, A., Richer, L., Veillette, S., Pausova, Z., & Paus, T. (2008). Growth of white matter in the adolescent brain: Role of testosterone and androgen receptor. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(38), 9519–9524. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1212-08.2008
  • Primus, R. J., & Kellogg, C. K. (1990). Gonadal hormones during puberty organize environment-related social interaction in the male rat. Hormones and Behavior, 24(3), 311–323. https://doi.org/10.1016/0018-506X(90)90012-M
  • Prince, M. J., Acosta, D., Guerra, M., Huang, Y., Jimenez-Velazquez, I. Z., Llibre Rodriguez, J. J., Salas, A., Sosa, A. L., Chua, K.-C., Dewey, M. E., Liu, Z., Mayston, R., & Valhuerdi, A. (2018). Reproductive period, endogenous estrogen exposure and dementia incidence among women in Latin America and China; a 10/66 population-based cohort study. PLOS ONE, 13(2), e0192889. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192889
  • Protopopescu, X., Butler, T., Pan, H., Root, J., Altemus, M., Polanecsky, M., McEwen, B., Silbersweig, D., & Stern, E. (2008). Hippocampal structural changes across the menstrual cycle. Hippocampus, 18(10), 985–988. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20468
  • Qu, Y., Galvan, A., Fuligni, A. J., Lieberman, M. D., & Telzer, E. H. (2015). Longitudinal changes in prefrontal cortex activation underlie declines in adolescent risk taking. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(32), 11308–11314. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1553-15.2015
  • Raabe, T., & Beelmann, A. (2011). Development of ethnic, racial, and national prejudice in childhood and adolescence: A multinational meta‐analysis of age differences. Child Development, 82(6), 1715–1737. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01668.x
  • Reitan, R. M. (1959). Correlations between the trail making test and the Wechsler-Bellevue scale. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 9(3), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1959.9.3.127
  • Rolls, E. T. (2022). The hippocampus, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and episodic and semantic memory. Progress in neurobiology, 217, 102334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102334
  • Ryan, J., Carrière, I., Scali, J., Ritchie, K., & Ancelin, M.-L. (2009). Life-time estrogen exposure and cognitive functioning in later life. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34(2), 287–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.008
  • Schulz, K. M., Molenda-Figueira, H. A., & Sisk, C. L. (2009). Back to the future: The organizational–activational hypothesis adapted to puberty and adolescence. Hormones and Behavior, 55(5), 597–604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.010
  • Segal, D. L. (2010). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). In I. B. Weiner & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (pp. 0271). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0271
  • Shimizu, Y., Sawada, N., Iwasaki, M., Shikimoto, R., Nozaki, S., Mimura, M., Tsugane, S., & Group, J. P. H. C. P. S. (2019). Reproductive history and risk of cognitive impairment in Japanese women. Maturitas, 128, 22–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.06.012
  • Šidlauskienė, A., Strukcinskiene, B., Raistenskis, J., Stukas, R., Strukčinskaitė, V., & Buckus, R. (2019). The association between the level of physical activity with spinal posture and physical fitness parameters in early adolescence. Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia, 76(12), 1209–1216. https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP170517098S
  • Sisk, C. L., & Zehr, J. L. (2005). Pubertal hormones organize the adolescent brain and behavior. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 26(3–4), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2005.10.003
  • Stern, Y. (2002). What is cognitive reserve? Theory and research application of the reserve concept. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8(3), 448–460. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617702813248
  • Stern, Y. (2009). Cognitive reserve. Neuropsychologia, 47(10), 2015–2028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.03.004
  • Susman, E. J., & Rogol, A. (2004). Puberty and psychological development. In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology (2nd ed., pp. 15–44). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Tsapkini, K., Vlahou, C. H., & Potagas, C. (2010). Adaptation and validation of standardized aphasia tests in different languages: Lessons from the boston diagnostic aphasia examination - short form in Greek. Behavioural Neurology, 22, 111–119.
  • Vlahou, C. H., & Kosmidis, M. H. (2002). The Greek trail making test: Preliminary norms for clinical and research use. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society (In Greek), 9(3), 336–352.
  • Vlahou, C. H., Kosmidis, M. H., Dardagani, A., Tsotsi, S., Giannakou, M., Giazkoulidou, A., Zervoudakis, E., & Pontikakis, N. (2012). Development of the Greek verbal learning test: Reliability, construct validity, and normative standards. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 28, 52–64.
  • Whitmer, R. A., Quesenberry, C. P., Zhou, J., & Yaffe, K. (2011). Timing of hormone therapy and dementia: The critical window theory revisited. Annals of Neurology, 69(1), 163–169. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.22239

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.