Steroid hormones, receptors, and perceptual and cognitive sex differences in the visual system

Current Eye Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 110-127

  Handa, Robert J ^a   McGivern, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Cortex; Estrogen; Receptor; Sex difference; Visual

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COGNITION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANDROGENS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84921634342     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2014.952826     Document Type: Review

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