Oral contraceptive use affects manual praxis but not simple visually guided movements

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 399-420

  Szekely, Christine ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Carey, David P ^b   Goodale, Melvyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS ETYNODIOL DIACETATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ETYNODIOL DIACETATE; LEVONORGESTREL; MINOVRAL; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORTHO 777; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0031857119     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649809540718     Document Type: Review

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