Brain development in children and adolescents: Insights from anatomical magnetic resonance imaging

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 718-729

  Lenroot, Rhoshel K ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; MRI; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (U.S.); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747885370     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.06.001     Document Type: Review

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