Estrogen shapes dopamine-dependent cognitive processes: Implications for women's health

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5286-5293

  Jacobs, Emily ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHIONINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; VALINE; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955744147     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6394-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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