Variation in orbitofrontal cortex volume: Relation to sex, emotion regulation and affect

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-339

  Welborn, B Locke ^a   Papademetris, Xenophon ^a   Reis, Deidre L ^a   Rajeevan, Nallakkandi ^a   Bloise, Suzanne M ^a   Gray, Jeremy R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion regulation; Individual differences; Orbitofrontal cortex; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649208185     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp028     Document Type: Article

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