Brain activation during episodic memory retrieval: Sex differences

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 181-194

  Nyberg, Lars ^a   Habib, Reza ^b   Herlitz, Agneta ^c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain activity; Episodic memory; PET; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034567749     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(00)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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