A possible relationship between Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and female sex steroid-related modulation of functional cerebral asymmetry

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 238-240

  Draca S ^a  

^a College of Applied Sciences ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CEREBRAL ASYMMETRY; HEART FUNCTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SEX; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CEREBRUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84925368691     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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