Gray and white matter asymmetries in healthy individuals aged 21-29 years: A voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1762-1773

  Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Yamasue, Hidenori ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^b   Sasaki, Hiroki ^a   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a   Yoshioka, Naoki ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Brain; Fractional anisotropy; Gray matter; Lateralization; Planum temporale; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANUM TEMPORALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959694354     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21145     Document Type: Article

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