Ovarian hormones, mood and neurotransmitters

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-25

  Wieck, Angelika ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MOOD; OVARY; PATHOGENESIS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0029892702     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540269609037814     Document Type: Review

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