Men and women are different: Diffusion tensor imaging reveals sexual dimorphism in the microstructure of the thalamus, corpus callosum and cingulum

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 2557 - 2562
• Main Authors: Menzler, K., Belke, M., Wehrmann, E., Krakow, K., Lengler, U., Jansen, A., Hamer, H.M., Oertel, W.H., Rosenow, F., Knake, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 14.02.2011; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Anisotropy; Brain; Corpus callosum; Corpus Callosum - cytology; Diffusion; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; DTI; Female; Females; Gender; Gender differences; Gyrus Cinguli - cytology; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Male; Males; Methods; Microstructure; MRI; Sex Characteristics; Sex differences; Standard deviation; Structure; Studies; Thalamus; Thalamus - cytology; Volume; Women; Brain; Volume; MRI; DTI; Sex differences; Thalamus; Gender; Structure; Corpus callosum

Numerous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have addressed the question of morphological differences of the brain of men and women, reporting conflicting results regarding brain size and the ratio of gray and white matter. In the present study, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to delinea...