Females exhibit smaller volumes of brain activation and lower inter-subject variability during motor tasks.

ABSTRACT: Past work has shown that brain structure and function differ between females and males. Males have larger cortical and sub-cortical volume and surface area (both total and subregional), while females have greater cortical thickness in most brain regions. Functional differences are also reported in the literature, yet to date little work has systematically considered whether patterns of brain activity indexed with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) differ between females and males. The current study sought to remediate this issue by employing task-based whole brain motor mapping analyses using an openly available dataset. We tested differences in patterns of functional brain activity associated with 12 voluntary movement patterns in females versus males. Results suggest that femal

SUBMITTER: Andrushko JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature