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Brain Morphology
Measurements from large study can be used as norms for comparison
April 14th, 2005
To the degree to which they represent the general population, brain volumes of participants in the large Framingham Heart Study can be used as norms with which morphological changes due to disease or aging can be compared, University of California, Davis, neurologists maintain. "Numerous anatomical and brain imaging studies find substantial differences in brain structure between men and women across the span of human aging. The ability to extend the results of many of these studies to the general population is limited, however, due to the generally small sample size and restrictive health criteria of these studies. Moreover, little attention has been paid to the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-14)
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