Effects of estradiol and aging on fine manual performance in female rhesus monkeys

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-366

  Lacreuse, Agnès ^a   Herndon, James G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hand function; Laterality; Menopause; Motor skills; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; SUGAR;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0037354126     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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