Stewart Biological Sciences Bldg.
Room N8/10, 398-6087
barbara.sherwin at mcgill.ca
Prof. Sherwin's research is in the area of human psychoendocrinology and focuses on the mechanisms by which hormones influence memory and mood in humans. Studies in progress are concerned with investigating the effects of estrogen on depression and on memory in a variety of normal and clinical populations (e.g., women with major depressive disorders, those with Alzheimer's Disease and healthy elderly men and women).
Sherwin, B. B. The critical period hypothesis: Can it explain discrepancies in the estrogen-cognition literature? Journal of Neuroendocrinology 2006; 19: 1-5.
*Grigorova M,. Sherwin, B. B. Effects of treatment with leuprolide acetate depot on working memory and executive functions in young, pre-menopausal women. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2006; 31: 935-947
Sherwin, B. B. Estrogen and Cognitive Aging in Women. Neuroscience, 2006; 138: 1021-1026.
Sherwin, B. B. (Espeland, M. A., Rapp. S. R., Shumaker, S. A., Brunner, R., Manson, J. E., Sherwin, B. B., Hsia, J., Margolis, K. L., Hogan, P. E., Wallace, R., Dailey, M., Freeman, R., & Hays, J.) for the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study. The effect of Conjugated equine estrogens on global cognitive function in postmenopausal women: results from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291: 2959-2968, (2004).
Updated: October 1, 2009
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