Gender versus brain size effects on subcortical gray matter volumes in the human brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 556, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-83

  Tang, Tianyu ^a,c   Jiao, Yun ^b   Wang, Xunheng ^a,c   Lu, Zuhong ^a,c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Radiology   (China)

^c Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

Brain size; Gray matter volume; Sex differences; Subcortical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS;

BRAIN SIZE; GRAY MATTER VOLUME; SEX DIFFERENCES; SUBCORTICAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887361763     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.09.060     Document Type: Article

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