Gender-specific hemodynamics in prefrontal cortex during a verbal working memory task by near-infrared spectroscopy

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-153

  Li, Ting ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a   Gong, Hui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Hemodynamics; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249083577     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.01.033     Document Type: Article

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