Morphometry of the corpus callosum in Chinese children: Relationship with gender and academic performance

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 565-571

  Ng, Wing Hung Alex ^a   Chan, Yu Lung ^a,b   Au, Kit Sum Au ^b,c   Yeung, Ka Wai David ^b   Kwan, Ting Fai ^b   To, Cho Yee ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Neurocognitive Science and Language Education Project   (Hong Kong)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brain; Children; Corpus callosum; Gender; Intellect; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHINESE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLECT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS;

CHILD; CHINA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 19444385383     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1336-z     Document Type: Article

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