Cerebral blood flow and anxiety in older men: An analysis of resting anterior asymmetry and prefrontal regions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-78

  Tankard, Carol F ^a   Waldstein, Shari R ^a   Siegel, Eliot L ^a,b   Holder, Lawrence E ^a   Lefkowitz, David ^a   Anstett, Frank ^c   Katzel, Leslie I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c General Electric Medical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0038277180     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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