Individual differences in prefrontal activation asymmetry predict natural killer cell activity at rest and in response to challenge

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-108

  Davidson, Richard J ^a   Coe, Christopher C ^a   Dolski, Isa ^a   Donzella, Bonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032882720     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1999.0557     Document Type: Article

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