Evidence for sex differences in the loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential in humans

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-176

  Oliva, Jessica L ^a   Leung, Sumie ^b   Croft, Rodney J ^d   O'Neill, Barry V ^c,e   Stout, Julie C ^a   Nathan, Pradeep J ^a,c,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auditory evoked potential; gender; LDAEP; loudness dependence; serotonin; sex

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS DEPENDENCE OF THE AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956262679     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1187     Document Type: Article

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