Progestins influence performance on cognitive tasks independent of changes in affective behavior

Psychobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 550-563

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b   Lacey, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MAZE TEST; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHOCK; TAIL FLICK TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0034494010     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03332014     Document Type: Article

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