Sex is all in the brain: Report of a Novartis Foundation symposium on the neuronal and cognitive effects of oestrogens, London, UK, 7-9 September 1999

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-71

  Melton, Lisa ^a  

^a Science Writer in Residence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 32; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MOOD; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYMPOSIUM; TARGET ORGAN;

AFFECT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034160102     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(99)00231-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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