Testosterone in the brain: Neuroimaging findings and the potential role for neuropsychopharmacology

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-88

  Höfer, Peter ^a   Lanzenberger, Rupert ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Androgen; Brain; FMRI; Neuroimaging; PET; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FRONTAL GYRUS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROIMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84873525357     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.04.013     Document Type: Review

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