Sexual dimorphism in the human brain: Evidence from neuroimaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-375

  Sacher, Julia ^a,b   Neumann, Jane ^a,c   Okon Singer, Hadas ^a   Gotowiec, Sarah ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human brain; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neuroimaging; Positron emission tomography (PET); Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84875242168     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.06.007     Document Type: Review

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