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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.05.014.2009/full |