Sex differences in anatomic measures of interhemispheric connectivity: Correlations with cognition in women but not men

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 635-640

  Davatzikos, Christos ^a   Resnick, Susan M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031758129     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.7.635     Document Type: Article

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