2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effect of Cross-sex Hormones on Cognitive Abilities and the Psychological Characteristics of Gender Identity Disorder
| Project/Area Number |
21791155
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 性同一性障害 / 性ホルモン / 認知機能 |
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| Research Abstract |
To examine whether cross-sex hormone treatments of GID patients would shift their cognitive abilities and psychological characteristics toward of their subjective gender. The administration of testosterone to FTM results in an improvement of their spatial abilities, depressed mood and anxiety.
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