Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women affects hemispheric asymmetries in fine motor coordination

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-456

  Bayer, Ulrike ^a   Hausmann, Markus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen; Functional cerebral asymmetries; Hormone therapy; Interhemispheric interaction; Manual asymmetries; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIENOGEST; DROSPIRENONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROGESTONE; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; SALIVA;

EID: 77955274262     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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