Sexual dimorphism of the developing human brain

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1185-1201

  Giedd, Jay N ^a   Castellanos, F Xavier ^a   Rajapakse, Jagath C ^a   Vaituzis, A Catherine ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain; Child; MRI; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031454574     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(97)00158-9     Document Type: Article

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