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1. Effect of Estrogen on Brain Activation Patterns in Postmenopausal Women During Working Memory Tasks.

Author

Shaywitz, Sally E., Shaywitz, Bennett A., Pugh, Kenneth R., Fulbright, Robert K., Skudlarski, Pawel, Mencl, W. Einar, Constable, R. Todd, Naftolin, Frederick, Palter, Steven F., Marchione, Karen E., Katz, Leonard, Shankweiler, Donald P., Fletcher, Jack M., Lacadie, Cheryl, Keltz, Martin, and Gore, John C.

Subjects
*ESTROGEN, *EFFECT of drugs on memory, *MENOPAUSE, *CLINICAL trials, *PHYSIOLOGY
Abstract

Presents a study to investigate the effects of estrogen on brain activation patterns in post-menopausal women as they performed verbal and nonverbal working memory tasks. Design; Setting; Patients; Intervention; Main outcome measures; Results; Conclusions.

Published
1999
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2. Prevalence of Reading Disability in Boys and Girls.

Author

Shaywitz, Sally E., Shaywitz, Bennett A., Fletcher, Jack M., and Escobar, Michael D.

Subjects
*READING disability, *LEARNING disabilities, *READING, *BOYS, *GIRLS
Abstract

Focuses on a study which examined the prevalence of reading disability in boys and girls. Clinical characteristics of subjects; Criterion measures used; Characteristics of reading disability in the subjects.

Published
1990
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3. Increased Medication Use in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Regressive or Appropriate?

Author

Shaywitz, Sally E. and Shaywitz, Bennett A.

Abstract

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) represents one of the most common and serious neurobehavioral disorders of childhood, affecting children from early childhood into adult life. The cardinal clinical characteristics of the disorder, inattention and, at times, impulsivity and hyperactivity, may interfere with the child's adjustment in every phase of existence, both through time and across experiences. Though its etiology may involve environmental influences,1 evidence from a number of lines of investigation suggests that biologic factors play an important role in a significant number of cases (S.E.S. and B.A.S., in press).The entity we today label ADHD has undergone multiple transformations over the past century. Some of these are semantic; others, however, are more substantive and reveal significant changes in our understanding of the disorder. Review of the evolution of these changes provides important insights into the current conceptualizations of the disorder.The origins of ADHD can be traced to the

Published
1988
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4. Estrogen and Alzheimer Disease.

Author

Shaywitz, Bennett A. and Shaywitz, Sally E.

Subjects
*ALZHEIMER'S disease treatment, *ESTROGEN replacement therapy, *HORMONE therapy for menopause, *CLINICAL trials
Abstract

Editorial. Comments on the suitability of estrogen as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in postmenopausal women. Effects of estrogen treatment on the reproductive, cardiovascular, skeletal, and neuronal systems; Whether estrogen administered in the early stages of postmenopausal period can prevent or delay the onset of AD; Why laboratory experimentation does not always translate to clinical application.

Published
2000
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5. Attention disorder in children: is the literature purged? Was it ever tainted?

Author

Knoll, Elizabeth, Shaywitz, Sally E., and Knoll, E

Subjects
*TREATMENT of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, *MEDICATION abuse, *METHYLPHENIDATE, *ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder, *CRIME, *FRAUD, *PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities, *RESEARCH, *THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

Comments on an article on medication overuse in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, previously published in the October 21, 1988, issue of the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.' Review of relevant literature; Fraud in research on the treatment of the disorder.

Published
1989
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6. Reading Disability in Children.

Author

Shaywitz, Sally E., Shaywitz, Bennett A., Fletcher, Jack M., and Escobar, Michael D.

Subjects
*LETTERS to the editor, *READING disability
Abstract

Presents a response by Salley E. Shaywitz, Jack M. Fletcher and Michael D. Escobar to a letter to the editor about their article 'Prevalence of Reading Disability in Boys and Girls: Results of the Connecticut Longitudinal Study,' in the 1990 issue of the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'

Published
1991
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