Androgen treatment effects on memory in female-to-male transsexuals

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Gómez Gil, Esther ^a   Cañizares, Silvia ^a   Torres, Ana ^a   de la Torre, Fernanda ^a   Halperin, Irene ^a   Salamero, Manel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgen; Cognition; Gender identity disorder; Memory; Sex hormones; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ESTER;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57649200732     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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