Cycle and gender-specific cerebral activation during a verb generation task using fMRI: Comparison of women in different cycle phases, under oral contraception, and men

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-371

  Rumberg, Bastian ^a   Baars, Anneke ^a   Fiebach, Jochen ^a,b   Ladd, Mark E ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Senf, Wolfgang ^a   Gizewski, Elke R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Gender; Menstrual cycle; Verb generation

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERB GENERATION TASK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049121016     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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