Androgens, brain, and behavior

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 974-984

  Rubinow, David R ^a   Schmidt, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTERONE; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0029814763     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.8.974     Document Type: Article

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