Frontal brain oscillatory coupling among men who vary in salivary testosterone levels

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-242

  Miskovic, Vladimir ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta oscillations; Cross frequency interactions; Delta oscillations; EEG rhythmic coupling; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVARY GLANDS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149112532     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.059     Document Type: Article

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