Sex influences on the neurobiology of learning and memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 248-266

  Andreano, Joseph M ^a   Cahill, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EMOTIONAL MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 63449103760     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.918309     Document Type: Article

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