Asymmetry and Gender Effect in Functionally Lateralized Cortical Regions: A Proton MRS Imaging Study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Nagae Poetscher, Lidia M ^a,b   Bonekamp, David ^c   Barker, Peter B ^a,b   Brant, Larry J ^d   Kaufmann, Walter E ^a,b   Horská, Alena ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Lateralization; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Thalamus; Wernicke's area

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; METABOLITE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; WERNICKE AREA;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PROTONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346964412     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10429     Document Type: Article

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