Sex differences in the human olfactory system

Brain Research

Volumn 1116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Garcia Falgueras, Alicia ^a   Junque, Carme ^b   Giménez, Mónica ^b   Caldú, Xavier ^b   Segovia, Santiago ^a   Guillamon, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Human brain; Magnetic resonance image; Olfactory system; Sex differences; Sexual dimorphism; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749241099     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.115     Document Type: Article

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