Development of the prefrontal lobe in infants and children: A three-dimensional magnetic resonance volumetric study

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-199

  Kanemura, Hideaki ^a   Aihara, Masao ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a   Nakazawa, Shinpei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain volumetry; Frontal lobe; Prefrontal lobe; Three dimensional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0037386018     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(02)00214-0     Document Type: Article

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