Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Motion corrected MRI differentiates male and female human brain growth trajectories from mid-gestation

  • Colin Studholme,
  • Christopher D. Kroenke,
  • Manjiri Dighe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16763-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The human fetal brain may exhibit early sex differences. Here, the authors present MRI based analysis female and male brain growth. Cortical development follows very similar trajectories at larger scales, while differing in focal regions. White matter growth differs at both large and small scales.