Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 127-134 , 30 October 2006

Differences in brain volumes among males and female hormone-therapy users and nonusers

  • Daniel L. Greenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
    • Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. UCLA Psychology Department, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Tel.: +1 818 926 0421; fax: +1 310 206 5895.
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  • Martha E. Payne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • James R. MacFall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • James M. Provenzale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • David C. Steffens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • Ranga R. Krishnan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States

Received 17 May 2005 ,Revised 3 September 2005 ,Accepted 8 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 127-134 , 30 October 2006

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