Sex differences in brain structure among adolescents with bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 448-458

  Mitchell, Rachel HB ^a,b,c   Metcalfe, Arron WS ^a,c,d   Islam, Alvi H ^a,b   Toma, Simina ^a,b   Patel, Ronak ^a,e   Fiksenbaum, Lisa ^a   Korczak, Daphne ^b,f   MacIntosh, Bradley J ^a,c,d,e   Goldstein, Benjamin I ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Canada   (Canada)

^d HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; bipolar disorder; brain structure; neuroimaging; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGION OF INTEREST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 85051067314     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12663     Document Type: Article

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