Growth of white matter in the adolescent brain: Role of testosterone and androgen receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 9519-9524

  Perrin, Jennifer S ^a   Hervé, Pierre Yves ^a   Leonard, Gabriel ^b   Perron, Michel ^d   Pike, G Bruce ^b   Pitiot, Alain ^a   Richer, Louis ^e   Veillette, Suzanne ^d   Pausova, Zdenka ^a,c   Paus, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Quebec Metallurgy Center   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Axonal caliber; Brain; Depression; MRI; Myelination

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BRAIN; CELL SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 56549123244     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1212-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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