Effects of estrogen on higher-order cognitive functions in unstressed human females may depend on individual variation in dopamine baseline levels

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 APR, 2014, Pages

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

"Inverted U" shaped function; Cognition; Dopamine; Estrogen; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84904894250     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00065     Document Type: Article

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