Sex differences in counting and timing

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Christina L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTERVAL TIMING; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRY GENE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TIME PERCEPTION; TIMING AND COUNTING;

EID: 84855254089     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00088     Document Type: Article

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