Corpus callosum anatomy in right-handed homosexual and heterosexual men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 857-863

  Witelson, Sandra F ^a   Kigar, Debra L ^a   Scamvougeras, Anton ^b   Kideckel, David M ^c   Buck, Brian ^d   Stanchev, Peter L ^e   Bronskill, Michael ^d   Black, Sandra ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Corpus callosum; Functional asymmetry; Hand preference; Homosexuality; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 55149107472     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9276-y     Document Type: Article

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