Intracranial volume normalization methods: Considerations when investigating gender differences in regional brain volume

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 227-235

  Nordenskjöld, Richard ^a   Malmberg, Filip ^b   Larsson, Elna Marie ^a   Simmons, Andrew ^c,d   Ahlström, Håkan ^a   Johansson, Lars ^a,e   Kullberg, Joel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d King s College London   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Human brain; Intracranial volume; Normalization; Sex difference; Volume

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COVARIATE METHOD; FEMALE; GAUSSIAN WEIGHTED PAIRING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL VOLUME; INTRACRANIAL VOLUME MATCHING METHOD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTION METHOD; RESIDUAL METHOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; ADULT; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84930383591     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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