Normal sexual dimorphism of the adult human brain assessed by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 490-497

  Goldstein, Jill M ^a,b,d,f   Seidman, Larry J ^a,b,d   Horton, Nicholas J ^c   Makris, Nikos ^d   Kennedy, David N ^d   Caviness Jr , Verne S ^d   Faraone, Stephen V ^a,b,d   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Harvard Inst Psychiat E   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034997524     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/11.6.490     Document Type: Article

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