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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2010 Dec 21;1375:41–48. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.051

Table 1.

Clusters showing significant fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and axial diffusivity (AD) differences between males and females.

Anatomic Region Cluster
Size
(Voxels)
MNI Coordinates* Mean Value
in Males
Mean Value
in Females
Effect Size
(Cohen’s d)
Group
Difference
x y z
FA
Corticospinal tract L 503 19 18 46 0.58 0.62 1.43 F>M
Corticospinal tract R 249 −19 28 50 0.57 0.60 1.28 F>M
Superior corona radiata R 185 −26 18 34 0.47 0.49 0.91 F>M
MD
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus R 167 −42 34 −10 1.13 1.08 1.14 M>F
Forceps major L 167 15 91 9 1.14 1.09 1.38 M>F
AD
Corticospinal tract L 352 19 19 47 1.74 1.84 1.20 F>M
Corticospinal tract R 208 −20 29 50 1.70 1.79 1.26 F>M
Superior longitudinal fasciculus R 389 −43 7 30 1.60 1.52 1.67 M>F
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus R 358 −41 34 −9 1.91 1.82 1.45 M>F
Forceps minor R 186 −18 −33 16 1.91 1.83 1.01 M>F
*

Coordinates of the center of mass in clusters with significant gender differences

Effect size from the average t-value for each cluster

L=Left; R=Right; F=Female; M=Male