Sex dimorphism in the white matter: Fractional anisotropy and brain size

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 917-923

  Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Hayashi, Naoto ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain volume; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; gender; head size; intracranial volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BRAIN VOLUME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENDER; HEAD SIZE; INTRACRANIAL VOLUME;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84897026075     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24225     Document Type: Article

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