Sex steroids and connectivity in the human brain: A review of neuroimaging studies

Psychoneuroendocrinology - Tập 36 Số 8 - Trang 1101-1113 - 2011
Jiska S. Peper1, Martijn P. van den Heuvel2, René C.W. Mandl2, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol2, Jack van Honk3,4
1Institute of Psychology, Brain and Development Lab, Leiden University, The Netherlands
2Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
3Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
4Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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