Sex differences in human brain morphometry and metabolism: An in vivo quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography study on the effect of aging

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 585-594

  Murphy, Declan G M ^a,b   DeCarli, Charles ^a   McIntosh, Andrew R ^a   Daly, Eilen ^a   Mentis, Marc J ^a   Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Szczepanik, Joanna ^a   Schapiro, Mark B ^a   Grady, Cheryl L ^a   Horwitz, Barry ^a   Rapoport, Stanley I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 8944220721     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830070031007     Document Type: Article

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