Masculinity/femininity predicts brain volumes in normal healthy children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-36

  Belfi, Amy M ^a,b   Conrad, Amy L ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey ^a   Nopoulos, Peg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASCULINITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84892170143     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2013.839681     Document Type: Article

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