The contribution of cortical thickness and surface area to gray matter asymmetries in the healthy human brain

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6011-6022

  Koelkebeck, Katja ^a   Miyata, Jun ^b   Kubota, Manabu ^b   Kohl, Waldemar ^a   Son, Shuraku ^b   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^b   Sawamoto, Nobukatsu ^b   Takahashi, Hidehiko ^b   Murai, Toshiya ^b  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cortical thickness; Cortical volume; Lateralization; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SURFACE AREA; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CUNEUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARS OPERCULARIS; PARS TRIANGULARIS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL GYRUS; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911415721     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22601     Document Type: Article

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