Sex steroids modify working memory

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 407-414

  Janowsky, Jeri S ^a   Chavez, Bambi ^a   Orwoll, Eric ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034123814     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892900562228     Document Type: Article

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