Sex hormonal modulation of interhemispheric transfer time

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1734-1741

  Hausmann, M ^a   Hamm, J P ^b   Waldie, K E ^b   Kirk, I J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Estradiol; Gender; Hemispheric asymmetry; Interhemispheric transfer time; Menstrual cycle; Sex

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LATENT PERIOD; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL FIELD;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; ESTRADIOL; GENDER; HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER TIME; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SEX;

ADULT; CEREBRUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880372016     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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