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Chunk #40 — SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT — Sexual dimorphism in white matter integrity

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Genetic influences on brain developmental trajectories on neuroimaging studies: from infancy to young adulthood.
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fronto-occipital fasciculus, genetic influences account for approximately 80% of the variation in FA in men (Figure 2B) (Chiang et al. 2011). No gender differences in brain structures were found for RD (Perrin et al. 2009; Bava et al. 2011) across childhood and adolescence, suggesting that myelination is not sufficient to characterize white matter disparities.