Amygdaloid kindled seizures induce weight gain that reflects left hemisphere dominance in rats

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 581-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
R BHATT ◽  
S BHATT ◽  
P RAMESHWAR ◽  
A SIEGEL
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance ◽  
Kindled Seizures ◽  
Induce Weight Gain

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Weight Gain

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 755-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Cantú ◽  
Joan S. Korek
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Monoamine Oxidase ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressants ◽  
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Appetite Control ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Relative Potential ◽  
Induce Weight Gain

Weight gain associated with antidepressant therapy is a common problem that often results in noncompliance. Some authors suggest that monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) are less likely to produce weight gain than tricyclic antidepressants. This paper addresses the relative potential for weight gain with the MAOI. Assessing the potential for antidepressant-induced weight gain necessitates separating the weight changes associated with alterations in mood disorders from those due to drug-induced alterations in appetite control. The mechanisms of appetite control are reviewed briefly followed by proposed mechanisms by which the MAOI may alter this control. A literature review suggests that phenelzine is the MAOI most likely to induce weight gain; reports of isocarboxazid-induced weight gain are less common. There are no cases of tranylcypromine-induced weight gain in the literature that are clearly associated with the drug. The MAOI probably have different effects on the mechanisms of appetite control.

Left Hemisphere Dominance for Movement

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Y. Haaland
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance

Native and nonnative processing of Japanese pitch accent

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIANGHUA WU ◽  
JUNG-YUEH TU ◽  
YUE WANG
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
Language Experience ◽  
Tone Language ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance ◽  
Nonnative Listeners ◽  
Prosodic Processing ◽  
Japanese Pitch Accent

ABSTRACTThe theoretical framework of this study is based on the prevalent debate of whether prosodic processing is influenced by higher level linguistic-specific circuits or reflects lower level encoding of physical properties. Using the dichotic listening technique, the study investigates the hemispheric processing of Japanese pitch accent by native Japanese listeners and two groups of nonnative listeners with no prior pitch accent experience but differing in their native language experience with linguistic pitch: native listeners of Mandarin (a tone language with higher linguistic functional use of pitch) and native listeners of English (a stress language with lower functional use of pitch). The overall results reveal that, for both native and nonnative listeners, the processing of Japanese pitch accent is less lateralized (compared to lexical tone processing, which has been found to be a left hemisphere property). However, detailed analysis with individual pitch accents across groups shows a right hemisphere preference for processing the high–accent–low (H*L) pattern, a left hemisphere preference for LH*, and no hemisphere dominance for LH, indicating a significant reliance on the acoustic cues. These patterns are particularly prominent with the English listeners who are least experienced with linguistic pitch. Together, the findings suggest an interplay of linguistic and acoustic aspects in the processing of Japanese pitch accent by native and nonnative listeners.

Left-hemisphere dominance in early nociceptive processing in the human parasylvian cortex

NeuroImage ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 441-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Schlereth ◽  
Ulf Baumgärtner ◽  
Walter Magerl ◽  
Peter Stoeter ◽  
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Nociceptive Processing ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance

Left hemisphere dominance in reading the sensory qualities of others’ pain?

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 320-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Minio-Paluello ◽  
Alessio Avenanti ◽  
Salvatore M. Aglioti
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Sensory Qualities ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance

scholarly journals The role of linguistic experience in the hemispheric processing of lexical tone

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUE WANG ◽  
DAWN M. BEHNE ◽  
ALLARD JONGMAN ◽  
JOAN A. SERENO
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Hemispheric Lateralization ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
Hemispheric Processing ◽  
Linguistic Experience ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance ◽  
Ear Advantage ◽  
Nonnative Listeners ◽  
Mandarin Tone

This study investigated hemispheric lateralization of Mandarin tone. Four groups of listeners were examined: native Mandarin listeners, English–Mandarin bilinguals, Norwegian listeners with experience with Norwegian tone, and American listeners with no tone experience. Tone pairs were dichotically presented and listeners identified which tone they heard in each ear. For the Mandarin listeners, 57% of the total errors occurred in the left ear, indicating a right-ear (left-hemisphere) advantage. The English–Mandarin bilinguals exhibited nativelike patterns, with 56% left-ear errors. However, no ear advantage was found for the Norwegian or American listeners (48 and 47% left-ear errors, respectively). Results indicate left-hemisphere dominance of Mandarin tone by native and proficient bilingual listeners, whereas nonnative listeners show no evidence of lateralization, regardless of their familiarity with lexical tone.

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