Sex differences and structural brain maturation from childhood to early adulthood

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-118

  Koolschijn, P Cédric M P ^a   Crone, Eveline A ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Brain volumes; Cortical thickness; Sex differences; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875158962     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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