Females exhibit smaller volumes of brain activation and lower inter-subject variability during motor tasks

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 17698 - 12
• Main Authors: Andrushko, Justin W., Rinat, Shie, Kirby, Eric D., Dahlby, Julia, Ekstrand, Chelsea, Boyd, Lara A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.10.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378; 631/378/2629; Anniversaries; Brain; Brain mapping; Brain research; Females; Fingers & toes; Functional anatomy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender differences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Magnetic resonance imaging; Males; Mouth; multidisciplinary; Neuroimaging; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Structure-function relationships

Past work has shown that brain structure and function differ between females and males. Males have larger cortical and sub-cortical volume and surface area (both total and subregional), while females have greater cortical thickness in most brain regions. Functional differences are also reported in t...