Gender difference in right lateral prefrontal hemodynamic response while viewing fearful faces: A multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Marumo, Kohei ^a   Takizawa, Ryu ^a   Kawakubo, Yuki ^a   Onitsuka, Toshiaki ^b   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional stimuli; Fearful facial expression; Gender difference; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Prefrontal hemodynamic response; Trait anxiety; Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149522097     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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