The Maternal Brain: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Reproductive Experience on Hippocampus Structure and Function in Adulthood

Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 197-220

  Roes, Meighen ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Estradiol; Female; Hippocampus; Maternal; Parity; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Reproductive experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941880376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802114-9.00009-3     Document Type: Chapter

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