Estradiol selectively affects processing of conspecifics' faces in female rhesus monkeys

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 885-905

  Lacreuse, A ^a   Herndon, J G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estrogen; Face perception; Macaca mulatta; Memory; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0038295342     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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