Hemispheric and gender related differences in the midcingulum bundle: A DTI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-391

  Huster, Rene J ^a,b   Westerhausen, Rene ^a,c   Kreuder, Frank ^a,b,c   Schweiger, Elisabeth ^a   Wittling, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

ACC; Anterior cingulate; Cingulum bundle; DTI; Gender; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949104330     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20509     Document Type: Article

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