Growth of white matter in the adolescent brain: Myelin or axon?

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-35

  Paus, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; DTI; g ratio; MRI; MTR; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 72649101831     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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