Sex hormones: Modulators of interhemispheric inhibition in the human brain

Neuroscientist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-138

  Weis, Susanne ^a   Hausmann, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Functional cerebral asymmetries; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Interhemispheric inhibition; Menstrual cycle; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

BRAIN; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CEREBRUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77951101198     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858409341481     Document Type: Review

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