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. 2015 Feb 2;8:249. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00249

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Copyright © 2015 Xie, Richards, Lei, Lee and Gong.

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Cortical GM, and WM volumes change as the function of age, nationality and gender. (A) Cortical GM volume development for Chinese and U.S. children. (B) Cortical GM volume development for Chinese and U.S. male and female children. (C) Cortical WM volume development for Chinese and U.S. children. (D) Cortical WM volume development for Chinese and U.S. male and female children. Note that Chinese children show higher cortical GM volume but lower WM volume compared to their U.S. peers, and the patterns of cortical GM and WM development for the two nationalities are in line with those of their global GM and WM development.