Giving birth to a new brain: Hormone exposures of pregnancy influence human memory

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1148-1155

  Glynn, Laura M ^a,b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Estradiol; Estrogen; Glucocorticoids; Memory; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77955585430     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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