Sexual dimorphism in the human corpus callosum? A comparison of methodologies

Brain Research

Volumn 727, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-106

  Constant, Deborah ^a   Ruther, Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methodology; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030586372     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00358-7     Document Type: Article

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