Age- and gender-related regional variations of human brain cortical thickness, complexity, and gradient in the third decade

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2817-2835

  Creze, Maud ^a,b   Versheure, Leslie ^b   Besson, Pierre ^b   Sauvage, Chloe ^c   Leclerc, Xavier ^b   Jissendi Tchofo, Patrice ^b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age differences; Cortical thickness; Gender differences; Gyrification; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surface based method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899066345     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22369     Document Type: Article

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