Sex differences in the emotional brain

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-87

  Wager, Tor D ^a   Ochsner, Kevin N ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 13844265747     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200502080-00001     Document Type: Review

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