Her versus his migraine: Multiple sex differences in brain function and structure

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2546-2559

  Maleki, Nasim ^a   Linnman, Clas ^a   Brawn, Jennifer ^a   Burstein, Rami ^b   Becerra, Lino ^a,c,d   Borsook, David ^a,b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; headache; insula; migraine; morphometry; pain; precuneus; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84864657770     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws175     Document Type: Article

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