Changes in thickness and surface area of the human cortex and their relationship with intelligence

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1608-1617

  Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   Brouwer, Rachel M ^a   Evans, Alan ^b   Durston, Sarah ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c   Kahn, René S ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain development; cortex; intelligence; MRI; plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930348035     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht357     Document Type: Article

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