The influence of sex hormones on functional cerebral asymmetries in postmenopausal women

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-149

  Bayer, Ulrike ^a,b   Erdmann, Gisela ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Face processing; Gonadal hormones; Hormone replacement; Menstrual cycle; Verbal processing; Visual field asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL FIELD;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLIMACTERIC; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROGESTERONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 44649122262     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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