Asymmetry of cerebral gray and white matter and structural volumes in relation to sex hormones and chromosomes

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue Nov, 2014, Pages

  Savic, Ivanka ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Gender; MRI; Sex hormone; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

47,XXY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84928266815     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00329     Document Type: Article

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