Changes in sensorimotor inhibition across the menstrual cycle: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 452-460

  Swerdlow, Neal R ^a   Hartman, Patricia L ^a   Auerbach, Pamela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dopamine; Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Sensorimotor; Startle

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0031568885     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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