Sex differences in the growth of white matter during adolescence

NeuroImage

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1055-1066

  Perrin, J S ^a   Leonard, G ^b   Perron, M ^d   Pike, G B ^b   Pitiot, A ^a   Richer, L ^e   Veillette, S ^d   Pausova, Z ^a,c   Paus, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Groupe ECOBES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAMETER; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 62049086073     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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