Sex differences in cortical thickness in middle aged and early old-aged adults: Personality and Total Health Through Life study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 697-707

  Gautam, Prapti ^a   Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b,c   Wen, Wei ^b,c   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Neuropsychiat Inst   (Australia)

Author keywords

MRI; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EARLY OLD AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84879210812     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1144-y     Document Type: Article

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