Sex and psychopharmacology: Is natural estrogen a psychotropic drug in women?

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 537-538

  Stahl, S M ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESTRANOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REMISSION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035007968     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.58.6.537     Document Type: Note

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