Marked effects of intracranial volume correction methods on sex differences in neuroanatomical structures: A HUNT MRI study

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Pintzka, Carl W S ^a   Hansen, Tor I ^b   Evensmoen, Hallvard R ^a,b   Håberg, Asta K ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain; Head size correction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Proportion; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCORTEX; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84935113213     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00238     Document Type: Article

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