Females follow a more "Compact" early human brain development model than males. A case-control study of preterm neonates

Pediatric Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-554

  Vasileiadis, George T ^a,b   Thompson, R Terry ^b   Han, Victor K M ^b   Gelman, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 72049114612     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181ba1ae7     Document Type: Article

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