Prenatal famine exposure has sex-specific effects on brain size

Brain

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2136-2142

  De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Caan, Matthan W A ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^b   Nederveen, Aart J ^a   Majoie, Charles B ^a   Schwab, Matthias ^c   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain development; brain size; MRI; prenatal undernutrition; sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FETAL MALNUTRITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STARVATION; WAR;

AGED; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; STARVATION; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84982931946     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww132     Document Type: Article

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