Magnitude of cerebral asymmetry at rest: Covariation with baseline cardiovascular activity

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-297

  Foster, Paul S ^a   Harrison, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Electroencephalography; Heart rate; Laterality; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART RATE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REST; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REST; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33745699908     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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