Could sex differences in white matter be explained by g ratio?

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Paus, Tomáš ^a,b   Toro, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Axon; Brain development; Connectivity; Myelin; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649091487     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05.014.2009     Document Type: Review

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