Verbal and spatial functions across the menstrual cycle in healthy young women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 835-841

  Rosenberg, Lauren ^a   Park, Sohee ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Ovulation; Spatial function; Verbal memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

EID: 0036808858     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(01)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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