Importance of sex differences in impulse control and addictions

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Mitchell, Marci R ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Gender; Hormone effects; Impulsivity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COORDINATION; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DRUG USE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMPLUSE CONTROL; IMPULSIVENESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84926687073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00024     Document Type: Article

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