Sex-related hemispheric lateralization of amygdala function in emotionally influenced memory: An fMRI investigation

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Cahill, Larry ^a   Uncapher, Melina ^a   Kilpatrick, Lisa ^a   Alkire, Mike T ^b   Turner, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2542550527     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.70504     Document Type: Article

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