SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE HUMAN CORPUS-CALLOSUM FROM 3 INDEPENDENT SAMPLES - RELATIVE SIZE OF THE CORPUS-CALLOSUM

被引:77
作者
HOLLOWAY, RL
ANDERSON, PJ
DEFENDINI, R
HARPER, C
机构
[1] MT SINAI HOSP,DEPT PATHOL & NEUROL,NEW YORK,NY 10029
[2] COLUMBIA UNIV,DIV NEUROPATHOL,NEW YORK,NY
[3] UNIV SYDNEY,DEPT PATHOL & NEUROPATHOL,SYDNEY,NSW,AUSTRALIA
关键词
BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; CEREBRAL LATERALIZATION; HUMAN AUTOPSIES; RELATIVE SIZE DIFFERENCES;
D O I
10.1002/ajpa.1330920407
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Three independent autopsy samples of brains without apparent neuropathology were studied to ascertain whether there was sexual dimorphism in the human corpus callosum (CC). Using planimetric measurements on midsagittal brain sections, several morphometric features of the CC were studied: total callosal area, maximum dorsoventral splenial width, the posterior one fifth of the total area of the CC (mostly splenium), and brain weight. Ratio data correcting for brain size were also studied. In all samples, absolute brain size was larger in males, and significantly so. Measurements of splenial dorsoventral width were higher in females than males, but not significantly, except in the Australian sample. Total callosal area was absolutely higher in the Australian female sample than in males, and almost equal in the two American samples, without statistically significant differences. The posterior one-fifth area (splenium) was larger for females in each of the samples. The variables which were corrected for brain size were usually significantly larger in females, although this pattern varied in each sample. The statistical pattern of sexual dimorphism for the human CC differs from that found in most other neural structures, such as the amygdaloid nucleus, cerebellum, hippocampus, and thalamus. The absolute sizes of these structures are always significantly larger in males. When corrected for brain size, the relative sizes are not significantly larger. The CC is the only structure to show a larger set of relative measures in females. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页数:18
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