Complementarity of sex differences in brain and behavior: From laterality to multimodal neuroimaging

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 189-199

  Gur, Ruben C ^a   Gur, Raquel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; brain development; cognitive development; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; XENON 133; [2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENCE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84994319059     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23830     Document Type: Review

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