Sex differences in the human brain and the impact of sex chromosomes and sex hormones

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2322-2336

  Lentini, E ^a   Kasahara, M ^a   Arver, S ^a   Savic, I ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; MRI; Sex chromosome; Sex dimorphism; Sex hormone; XXY

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84887953610     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs222     Document Type: Article

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