Sex differences in the human brain. A developmental perspective

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue C, 2010, Pages 13-28

  Paus, Tomáš ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Brain; Gonadal hormones; MRI; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; BEHAVIOR; BOOK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78649283753     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53630-3.00002-6     Document Type: Chapter

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