N-acetylaspartate levels of left frontal cortex are associated with verbal intelligence in women but not in men: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1053-1058

  Pfleiderer, B ^a   Ohrmann, P ^a   Suslow, T ^a   Wolgast, M ^a   Gerlach, A L ^a   Heindel, W ^a   Michael, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Gender; N acetylaspartate; Verbal intelligence

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1642523178     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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