Sex- and hemisphere-related influences on the neurobiology of emotionally influenced memory

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1235-1241

  Cahill, Larry ^a,b  

^a Ctr Neurbio of Lrng and Memory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Amygdala; Emotion; Lateralization; Memory; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0345059087     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2003.09.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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