Aging, sexual dimorphism, and hemispheric asymmetry of the cerebral cortex: Replicability of regional differences in volume

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-396

  Raz, Naftali ^a,b   Gunning Dixon, Faith ^c   Head, Denise ^d   Rodrigue, Karen M ^a   Williamson, Adrienne ^e   Acker, James D ^f  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute of Gerontology   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Memphis   (United States)

^f BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate; Hippocampus; Motor; MRI; Parahippocampal gyrus; Parietal; Prefrontal; Volumetry; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1042305449     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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