Sex influences on brain and emotional memory. The burden of proof has shifted

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue C, 2010, Pages 29-40

  Cahill, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Memory; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BOOK; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78649240956     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53630-3.00003-8     Document Type: Chapter

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