Sustained attention is favored by progesterone during early luteal phase and visuo-spatial memory by estrogens during ovulatory phase in young women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 989-998

  Solis Ortiz S ^a   Corsi Cabrera, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Estrogens; Memory; Menstrual cycle; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MANUAL COORDINATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL ABILITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL FLUENCY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OVULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGESTERONE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48149090546     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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