Differences in brain volumes among males and female hormone-therapy users and nonusers

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 127-134

  Greenberg, Daniel L ^a,b   Payne, Martha E ^b   MacFall, James R ^b   Provenzale, James M ^b   Steffens, David C ^b   Krishnan, Ranga R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hormone replacement therapy; MRI; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); ESTRONE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33748714936     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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