An MRI study of sex- and age-related differences in the dimensions of the corpus callosum and brain

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-65

  Mourgela, Sofia ^a,c   Anagnostopoulou, Sofia ^b   Sakellaropoulos, Antonios ^c   Gouliamos, Athanasios ^b  

^a 'Agles Savas' Anticancer Institute   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Brain; Corpus callosum; Dimensions; Gender; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 40749122974     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: 13031775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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