The microstructure of white matter in male to female transsexuals before cross-sex hormonal treatment. A DTI study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 949-954

  Rametti, Giuseppina ^c,d   Carrillo, Beatriz ^b   Gómez Gil, Esther ^b   Junque, Carme ^b,d   Zubiarre Elorza, Leire ^b   Segovia, Santiago ^a   Gomez, Ánge ^a   Guillamon, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cingulum; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Forceps minor; Sex differences; Superior longitudinal fasciculus; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS SEX HORMONE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; RIGHT ANTERIOR CINGULUM; RIGHT FORCEPS MINOR; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958766527     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.11.007     Document Type: Review

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