Hemisphere asymmetry in sympathetic control of the human myocardium

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-35

  Wittling, Werner ^a   Block, Andreas ^a   Schweiger, Elisabeth ^a   Genzel, Stephan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INOTROPISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL;

EID: 0032189488     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1998.1000     Document Type: Article

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