Salivary testosterone levels in left-and right-handed adults

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-233

  Moffat, Scott D ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; Asymmetry; Dichotic listening; Handedness; Hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029887789     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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