Testosterone and its metabolites - modulators of brain functions

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-454

  Durdiakova, Jaroslava ^a   Ostatnikova, Daniela ^a   Celec, Peter ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

2D 4D; Cognition; Endocrine regulations; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84855819980     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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