Size matters: Cerebral volume influences sex differences in neuroanatomy

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2920-2931

  Leonard, Christiana M ^a,e   Towler, Stephen ^a   Welcome, Suzanne ^b   Halderman, Laura K ^b   Otto, Ron ^c   Eckert, Mark A ^d   Chiarello, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Diagnostic Imaging Center ^*  (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Corpus callosum; Gray matter; Human; Planum temporale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 56449102871     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn052     Document Type: Article

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