Neuroanatomical correlates of intelligence in healthy young adults: the role of basal ganglia volume.

BACKGROUND: In neuropsychiatric diseases with basal ganglia involvement, higher cognitive functions are often impaired. In this exploratory study, we examined healthy young adults to gain detailed insight into the relationship between basal ganglia volume and cognitive abilities under non-pathologic...

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Main Authors: Cosima Rhein, Christiane Mühle, Tanja Richter-Schmidinger, Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Arnd Doerfler, Johannes Kornhuber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3974758?pdf=render