Chunk #7 — Normal GM Development

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Mapping gray matter development: implications for typical development and vulnerability to psychopathology.

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In addition to the lobar GM heterogeneity, early studies also found a pronounced sex difference with females achieving peak GM volumes typically 1-2 years earlier than males, particularly for frontal, parietal and temporal regions (J. N. Giedd et al., 1999) (see Figure 1).