Puberty and testosterone shape the corticospinal tract during male adolescence

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1083-1094

  Pangelinan, Melissa M ^a   Leonard, Gabriel ^b   Perron, Michel ^c,d   Pike, G Bruce ^e   Richer, Louis ^d   Veillette, Suzanne ^c,d   Pausova, Zdenka ^f   Paus, Tomáš ^a,g  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ECOBES Recherche et transfert   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Magnetization transfer; MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PUBERTY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84959352874     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0956-9     Document Type: Article

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