Brain maturation in adolescence and young adulthood: Regional age-related changes in cortical thickness and white matter volume and microstructure

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 534-548

  Tamnes, Christian K ^a   Østby, Ylva ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^a,b   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Due Tønnessen, Paulina ^c   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cortical thinning; Development; Diffusion; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749149971     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp118     Document Type: Article

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