Sex differences in the temporal lobe white matter and the corpus callosum: A diffusion tensor tractography study

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Choi, Chi Hoon ^a,b   Lee, Jong Min ^b   Koo, Bang Bon ^d,e   Park, Jun Sung ^b   Kim, Dae Shik ^d,e   Kwon, Jun Soo ^c   Kim, In Young ^b  

^a National Medical Center

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories Institute (NEIDL)   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Sex differences; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74349118366     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283345eb0     Document Type: Article

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