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Could Sex Differences in White Matter be Explained by g ratio?

Recent studies with magnetic resonance imaging suggest that age-related changes in white matter during male adolescence may indicate an increase in g ratio wherein the radial growth of an axon outpaces a corresponding increase in myelin thickness. We review the original Rushton (1951) model where a...

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Autores principales: Paus, Tomáš, Toro, Roberto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/neuro.05.014.2009