Paracingulate asymmetry in anterior and midcingulate cortex: Sex differences and the effect of measurement technique

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-569

  Leonard, Christiana M ^a   Towler, Stephen ^a   Welcome, Suzanne ^b,c   Chiarello, Christine ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebral cortex; Cingulate; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349783068     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-009-0210-z     Document Type: Article

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