Sex differences in cortical volume and gyrification in autism

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schaer, Marie ^a   Kochalka, John ^a   Padmanabhan, Aarthi ^a   Supekar, Kaustubh ^a   Menon, Vinod ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral morphometry; Cortical volume; Females; Gyrification; Neuroimaging; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GYRIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; ORBIFRONTAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84953883747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0035-y     Document Type: Article

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