Changes in brain size during the menstrual cycle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hagemann, Georg ^a,b   Ugur, Tarik ^a,c   Schleussner, Ekkehard ^d   Mentzel, Hans Joachim ^d   Fitzek, Clemens ^d,e   Witte, Otto W ^a   Gaser, Christian ^d  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Helios Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e Institute of Radiology and Neuroradiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVULATION; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951536669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014655     Document Type: Article

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