Sexual dimorphism in anterior speech region: An MRI study of cortical asymmetry and callosal size

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Robichon, Fabrice ^a,b   Giraud, Kimberly ^a   Berbon, Muriel ^a   Habib, Michel ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPEECH;

EID: 0033152879     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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