Normal sexual dimorphism in the human basal ganglia

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1246-1252

  Rijpkema, Mark ^a   Everaerd, Daphne ^b   van der Pol, Carline ^a   Franke, Barbara ^b   Tendolkar, Indira ^a,b   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Caudate nucleus; Globus pallidus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nucleus accumbens; Putamen; Sex differences; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859439128     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21283     Document Type: Article

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