Variability in frontotemporal brain structure: The importance of recruitment of African Americans in neuroscience research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Isamah, Nneka ^a   Faison, Warachal ^b   Payne, Martha E ^a   MacFall, James ^a   Steffens, David C ^a   Beyer, John L ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga ^a,c   Taylor, Warren D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 78149449589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013642     Document Type: Article

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