Sex differences in the adult human brain: Evidence from 5216 UK biobank participants

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 2959-2975

  Ritchie, Stuart J ^a   Cox, Simon R ^a   Shen, Xueyi ^a   Lombardo, Michael V ^b,c   Reus, Lianne M ^d   Alloza, Clara ^a   Harris, Mathew A ^a   Alderson, Helen L ^e   Hunter, Stuart ^f   Neilson, Emma ^a   Liewald, David C M ^a   Auyeung, Bonnie ^a   Whalley, Heather C ^a   Lawrie, Stephen M ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a,g   Bastin, Mark E ^a,h   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Cortical thickness; FMRI; Sex differences; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BRAIN SIZE; CONNECTOME; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WHITE MATTER; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; REST; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85052497469     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy109     Document Type: Article

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