Hand preference in humans is associated with testosterone levels and androgen receptor gene polymorphism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2018-2025

  Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Sankar, Janani S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Handedness; Polyglutamine repeat; Testosterone; X linkage

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AR GENE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CAG REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENES, X-LINKED; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862869767     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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