Androgen-behavior correlations in hypogonadal men and eugonadal men. II. Cognitive abilities

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-94

  Alexander, Gerianne M ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^b   Wang, Christina ^b   Davidson, Tina ^b   McDonald, Veronica ^b   Steiner, Barbara ^b   Hines, Melissa ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031803361     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1439     Document Type: Article

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