Changes in the sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) during male to female transgender therapy

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1005-1009

  Künzel, Heike E ^a   Murck, Harald ^a   Stalla, Günter K ^a   Steiger, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyproteronacetate; Estrogen; Sleep; Transgender therapy; Transsexual patients

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SLEEP; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79960613711     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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