Gender-based differences in the shape of the human corpus callosum are associated with allometric variations

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-421

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   De la Cuétara, José Manuel ^a   Colom, Roberto ^b   Martin Loeches, Manuel ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain shape; Sexual dimorphism; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858277641     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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