Sex differences in cognitive control are associated with midcingulate and callosal morphology

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 225-235

  Huster, Rene J ^a   Westerhausen, R ^b   Herrmann, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Corpus callosum; Gender; N200; P300; Sex; Stop Signal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951953746     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0289-2     Document Type: Article

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