Brain size, sex, and the aging brain

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 150-169

  Jäncke, Lutz ^a,b   Mérillat, Susan ^a   Liem, Franziskus ^a   Hänggi, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain size; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry; Neuroanatomy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027951687     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22619     Document Type: Article

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