Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 199-217 , 30 August 2005

Low-dose estradiol alters brain activity

  • Michael C. Stevens

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Whitehall Building, The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Whitehall Building, The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 06106, USA. Tel.: +1 860 545 7552; fax: +1 860 545 7997.
    • ,
  • Vincent P. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    • ,
  • Karen M. Prestwood

      Affiliations

    • Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA

Received 26 July 2004 ,Revised 20 April 2005 ,Accepted 22 April 2005.

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PII: S0925-4927(05)00058-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.04.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 199-217 , 30 August 2005

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