Sex differences in brain gray and white matter in healthy young adults: Correlations with cognitive performance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4065-4072

  Gur, Ruben C ^a   Turetsky, Bruce I ^a   Matsui, Mie ^a   Yan, Michelle ^a   Bilker, Warren ^a,b   Hughett, Paul ^a   Gur, Raquel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cognitive performance; Gray matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroanatomy; Neuropsychology; Segmentation; Sex differences; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033562871     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-04065.1999     Document Type: Article

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