Variability of the paracingulate sulcus and morphometry of the medial frontal cortex: Associations with cortical thickness, surface area, volume, and sulcal depth

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-236

  Fornito, Alex ^a,b   Wood, Stephen J ^a   Whittle, Sarah ^a   Fuller, Jack ^a   Adamson, Chris ^a   Saling, Michael M ^a   Velakoulis, Dennis ^a   Pantelis, Christos ^a   Yücel, Murat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b National Neuroscience Facility Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Executive; Gyrification; MRI; Prefrontal; Surface; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 39749186558     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20381     Document Type: Article

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