Sexual dimorphism in the human corpus callosum: An MRI study using the OASIS brain database

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2514-2520

  Ardekani, Babak A ^a,b   Figarsky, Khadija ^a   Sidtis, John J ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Connectivity; Gender differences; Multiple regression analysis; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

EID: 84886256698     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs253     Document Type: Article

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