A half-truth is a whole lie: On the necessity of investigating sex influences on the brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2541-2543

  Cahill, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84861313753     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-2167     Document Type: Short Survey

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