Sex differences in neocortical structure and cognitive performance: A surface-based morphometry study

NeuroImage

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 355-365

  Escorial, Sergio ^a   Román, Francisco J ^b   Martínez, Kenia ^b,c   Burgaleta, Miguel ^d   Karama, Sherif ^e   Colom, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cortical gray matter volume; Cortical surface area; Cortical thickness; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL GRAY MATTER VOLUME; CORTICAL SURFACE AREA; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURFACE BASED MORPHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COGNITION; GRAY MATTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931275586     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.035     Document Type: Article

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