Reduced frontal white matter volume in children with early onset of adrenarche

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-118

  Klauser, Paul ^a,b   Whittle, Sarah ^b   Simmons, Julian G ^c   Byrne, Michelle L ^c   Mundy, Lisa K ^b,d,e   Patton, George C ^b,d,e   Fornito, Alex ^a,b   Allen, Nicholas B ^c,f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adrenarche; Brain; Childhood; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Gray matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Puberty; Voxel based morphometry; White matter

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE;

ADRENARCHE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEFT CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; AGE; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENARCHE; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84922610737     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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