The resting frontal alpha asymmetry across the menstrual cycle: A magnetoencephalographic study

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-33

  Hwang, Ren Jen ^a,b,d   Chen, Li Fen ^a,b,c   Yeh, Tzu Chen ^a,b,c   Tu, Pei Chi ^a   Tu, Chung Haow ^a,b   Hsieh, Jen Chuen ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c University System of   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Emotion; Frontal alpha asymmetry; Magnetoencephalography; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REST;

EID: 43949107890     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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