Individual variability in the structural asymmetry of the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus in men and women

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 715-720

  Amunts, V V ^a  

^a BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Gender related differences; Structural variability; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HEMISPHERE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SATELLITE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 51349096356     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-008-9037-y     Document Type: Article

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