Developmental Trajectories of Amygdala and Hippocampus from Infancy to Early Adulthood in Healthy Individuals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Uematsu, Akiko ^a   Matsui, Mie ^a   Tanaka, Chiaki ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a   Noguchi, Kyo ^a   Suzuki, Michio ^a   Nishijo, Hisao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867295599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046970     Document Type: Article

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