Differential time course and intensity of PFC activation for men and women in response to emotional stimuli: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 90-95

  Leon Carrion, Jose ^a,b   Damas, Jesús ^b,d   Izzetoglu, Kurtulus ^c   Pourrezai, Kambiz ^c   Martín Rodríguez, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Martin, Juan Manuel Barroso y ^a   Dominguez Morales, Maria Rosario ^b  

^a School of Psychology   (Spain)

^b Ctr for Brain Injury Rehabilitation   (Spain)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotion; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; Gender differences; Prefrontal cortex; Temporal course

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33745500501     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.04.050     Document Type: Article

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