Estrogen treatment effects on cognition, memory and mood in male-to-female transsexuals

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 708-717

  Miles, Clare ^a   Green, Richard ^b   Hines, Melissa ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estrogen; Gonadal hormones; Hormone replacement; Memory; Menstrual cycle; Mood; Postmenopausal; Sex change; Sex differences; Spatial ability; Transsexual; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; OBJECT RELATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MEMORY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33750945709     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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