Hypothalamic digoxin, hemispheric dominance, and neurobiology of love and affection

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 721-729

  Kurup, Ravi Kumar ^a,c   Kurup, Parameswara Achutha ^b  

^a Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

^b Metabolic Disorders Research Center   (India)

^c Gouri Sadan   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Digoxin; Love affection; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; NORADRENALIN; QUINOLINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOVE; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLIC AMP; DIGOXIN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOVE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OUABAIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0038690713     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390200107     Document Type: Article

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