Gender differences in cerebral blood flow and oxygenation response during focal physiologic neural activity

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1066-1071

  Kastrup, Andreas ^a,b   Li, Tie Qiang ^a   Glover, Gary H ^a   Krüger, Gunnar ^a   Moseley, Michael E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain activation; Cerebral blood flow; Functional magnetic resonance imaging Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033503831     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199910000-00002     Document Type: Article

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