Article
Sex is a defining feature of neuroimaging phenotypes in major brain disorders.
Human brain mapping - 1 Jan 2022
Salminen Lauren E, Tubi Meral A, Bright Joanna, Thomopoulos Sophia I, Wieand Alyssa, Thompson Paul M
Abstract excerpt
Sex is a biological variable that contributes to individual variability in brain structure and behavior. Neuroimaging studies of population-based samples have identified normative differences in brain structure between males and females, many of which are exacerbated in psychiatric and neurological conditions. Still, sex differences in MRI outcomes are understudied, particularly in clinical samples with known sex...
Topics
- Brain
- Brain Diseases
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Mental Disorders
- Neuroimaging
- Phenotype
- Sex Characteristics
