Could androgens maintain specific domains of mental health in aging men by preserving hippocampal neurogenesis?

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 7, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 2227-2239

  Ransome, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Androgen; Cognition; Hippocampus; Male; Neurogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925945113     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.028.009     Document Type: Article

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