Gender differences in the left inferior frontal gyrus in normal children

NeuroImage

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 626-636

  Blanton, Rebecca E ^a   Levitt, Jennifer G ^b   Peterson, Jeffrey R ^a   Fadale, David ^a   Sporty, Mike L ^a   Lee, Mimi ^a   To, Dennis ^a   Mormino, Elizabeth C ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a   McCracken, James T ^b   Toga, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 2942556710     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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