Estradiol is related to visual memory in healthy young men

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 613-617

  Kampen, Diane L ^a,b   Sherwin, Barbara B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Thomas University   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030013029     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.3.613     Document Type: Article

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