The functional anatomy of semantic retrieval is influenced by gender, menstrual cycle, and sex hormones

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1327-1337

  Konrad, C ^a   Engelien, A ^a   Schoning S ^a   Zwitserlood, P ^a   Jansen, A ^b   Pletziger, E ^a   Beizai, P ^a   Kersting, A ^a   Ohrmann, P ^a   Luders, E ^c   Greb, R R ^a   Heindel, W ^a   Arolt, V ^a   Kugel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender characteristics; Gender differences; Language; Sex steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL CELL; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LUTEAL PHASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROGESTERONE; SEMANTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50649093093     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0073-0     Document Type: Article

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