Alcohol breaks down interhemispheric inhibition in females but not in males : AAlcohol and frontal connectivity

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-474

  Hoppenbrouwers, Sylco S ^a   Hofman, Dennis ^a   Schutter, Dennis J L G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Frontal cortex; Interhemispheric connectivity; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERHEMISPHERIC INHIBITION; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649237782     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1747-5     Document Type: Article

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