A meta-analysis of sex differences in human brain structure

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-50

  Ruigrok, Amber N V ^a   Salimi Khorshidi, Gholamreza ^b   Lai, Meng Chuan ^a,c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,d   Lombardo, Michael V ^a,e   Tait, Roger J ^f,g   Suckling, John ^d,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Gaussian process regression (GPR); Meta analysis; Sex differences; Volume; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; GAUSSIAN-PROCESS REGRESSION (GPR); META-ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCES; VOLUME; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894235124     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.12.004     Document Type: Review

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