The influence of gender on auditory and language cortical activation patterns: Preliminary data

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2248-2255

  Kocak, Mehmet ^a,b   Ulmer, John L ^a   Biswal, Bharat B ^c   Aralasmak, Ayse ^a   Daniels, David L ^a   Mark, Leighton P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 32944474592     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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