期刊
NEUROIMAGE
卷 82, 期 -, 页码 200-207出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.076
关键词
Cortical thickness; Cortical folding; Gyrification; Gender differences; Brain maturation; Neuroimaging
资金
- Swiss National Research Fund [3200-063135.00/1, 3232-063134.00/1, PP0033-102864, 32473B-121996, 100014-135311/1, 51AU40-125759]
- National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) SYNAPSY - The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases
- Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) of the Geneva-Lausanne Universities
- EPFL
- foundation Leenaards
- foundation Louis-Jeantet
While significant differences in male and female brain structures have commonly been reported, only a few studies have focused on the sex differences in the way the cortex matures over time. Here, we investigated cortical thickness maturation between the age of 6 to 30 years, using 209 longitudinally-acquired brain MRI scans. Significant sex differences in the trajectories of cortical thickness change with age were evidenced using non-linear mixed effects models. Similar statistical analyses were computed to quantify the differences between cortical gyrification changes with age in males and females. During adolescence, we observed a statistically significant higher rate of cortical thinning in females compared to males in the right temporal regions, the left temporoparietal junction and the left orbitofrontal cortex. This finding is interpreted as a faster maturation of the social brain areas in females. Concomitantly, statistically significant sex differences in cortical folding changes with age were observed only in one cluster of the right prefrontal regions, suggesting that the mechanisms underlying cortical thickness and gyrification changes with age are quite distinct. Sexual dimorphism in the developmental course of the cortical maturation may be associated with the different age of onset and clinical presentation of many psychiatric disorders between males and females. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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