Sex and handedness differences in size of cerebral ventricles of normal subjects

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Erdoǧan, Ali Riza ^a   Dane, Şenol ^a,b   Aydin, Mehmet Dumlu ^a   Özdikici, Mete ^a   Diyarbakirli, Semih ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral ventricles; Handedness; Lateralization; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0345869743     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490249428     Document Type: Article

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