HORMONES AND GENDER | Male Sex Steroids and Neuronal Excitability

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 507-513

  Frye, C A ^a   Rhodes, M E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgen receptor; GABA receptor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069289793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00084-9     Document Type: Chapter

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