Sex differences in functional activation patterns revealed by increased emotion processing demands

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-223

  Hall, Geoffrey B C ^a   Witelson, Sandra F ^a,b   Szechtman, Henry ^a,b   Nahmias, Claude ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Emission computed; Emotions; Oxygen radioisotopes; Sex characteristics; Tomography

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1542350333     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200402090-00001     Document Type: Article

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