May testosterone levels and their fluctuations influence cognitive performance in humans?

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 245-254

  Ostatnikova D ^a   Putz, Z ^b   Celec, P ^a   Hodosy, J ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Natl Inst of Endocrinol/Diabetol   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Infradian testosterone fluctuations; Salivary testosterone; Sexual dimorphism; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0036909993     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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