Human midsagittal brain shape variation: Patterns, allometry and integration

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-599

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Martin Loeches, Manuel ^b   Colom, Roberto ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain modularity; Brain morphology; Geometric morphometrics; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953164435     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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