Gender differences in cerebellar metabolism: Test-retest reproducibility

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-121

  Volkow, Nora D ^a   Wang, Gene Jack ^b   Fowler, Joanna S ^b   Hitzemann, Robert ^b   Pappas, Naomi ^b   Pascani, Kathleen ^b   Wong, Christopher ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031022971     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.1.119     Document Type: Article

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