Testosterone is correlated with regional morphology of the human corpus callosum

Brain Research

Volumn 767, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-304

  Moffat, Scott D ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Wickett, John C ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Lee, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; Commissure; Corpus callosum; Human; Interhemispheric; Steroid; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN SIZE; CASTRATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GONADECTOMY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030801318     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00614-8     Document Type: Article

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