[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of sex differences in human brain structure

ANV Ruigrok, G Salimi-Khorshidi, MC Lai… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
The prevalence, age of onset, and symptomatology of many neuropsychiatric conditions
differ between males and females. To understand the causes and consequences of sex …

Structural brain changes in aging: courses, causes and cognitive consequences

AM Fjell, KB Walhovd - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2010 - degruyter.com
The structure of the brain is constantly changing from birth throughout the lifetime, meaning
that normal aging, free from dementia, is associated with structural brain changes. This …

User-guided 3D active contour segmentation of anatomical structures: significantly improved efficiency and reliability

PA Yushkevich, J Piven, HC Hazlett, RG Smith, S Ho… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
Active contour segmentation and its robust implementation using level set methods are well-
established theoretical approaches that have been studied thoroughly in the image analysis …

Unbiased average age-appropriate atlases for pediatric studies

V Fonov, AC Evans, K Botteron, CR Almli… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Spatial normalization, registration, and segmentation techniques for Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) often use a target or template volume to facilitate processing, take advantage …

Thinning of the cerebral cortex in aging

DH Salat, RL Buckner, AZ Snyder, DN Greve… - Cerebral …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The thickness of the cerebral cortex was measured in 106 non-demented participants
ranging in age from 18 to 93 years. For each participant, multiple acquisitions of structural T …

Open Access Series of Imaging Studies (OASIS): cross-sectional MRI data in young, middle aged, nondemented, and demented older adults

DS Marcus, TH Wang, J Parker… - Journal of cognitive …, 2007 - direct.mit.edu
Abstract The Open Access Series of Imaging Studies is a series of magnetic resonance
imaging data sets that is publicly available for study and analysis. The initial data set …

The science of sex differences in science and mathematics

DF Halpern, CP Benbow, DC Geary… - … science in the …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Amid ongoing public speculation about the reasons for sex differences in careers in science
and mathematics, we present a consensus statement that is based on the best available …

Selective aging of the human cerebral cortex observed in vivo: differential vulnerability of the prefrontal gray matter.

N Raz, FM Gunning, D Head, JH Dupuis… - … cortex (New York …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
In a prospective cross-sectional study, we used computerized volumetry of magnetic
resonance images to examine the patterns of brain aging in 148 healthy volunteers. The …

A unified approach for morphometric and functional data analysis in young, old, and demented adults using automated atlas-based head size normalization: reliability …

RL Buckner, D Head, J Parker, AF Fotenos, D Marcus… - Neuroimage, 2004 - Elsevier
Atlas normalization, as commonly used by functional data analysis, provides an automated
solution to the widely encountered problem of correcting for head size variation in regional …

Evolving knowledge of sex differences in brain structure, function, and chemistry

KP Cosgrove, CM Mazure, JK Staley - Biological psychiatry, 2007 - Elsevier
Clinical and epidemiologic evidence demonstrates sex differences in the prevalence and
course of various psychiatric disorders. Understanding sex-specific brain differences in …