title: Examining population differences in cerebral morphometry between Chinese and Indian undergraduate students.
abstract: The aim of this study is to examine potential population differences in brain morphometry using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Thirty-six Chinese and thirty-two Indian undergraduate students are included in this study. All images are processed using BrainLab toolbox to obtain the morphometric values of gray matter volume, cortical thickness, and cortical surface area in each region of interest (ROI). We use ROI-based analysis to investigate ethnic differences using the three types of measurements. Cerebral variations of the brain between Chinese and Indian groups are mostly distributed in the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, and occipital lobe. Subgroup analysis reveals sex differences between the two groups. Our study demonstrates population-related differences in brain morphometry (gray matter volume, cortical thickness, and cortical surface area) between Chinese and Indian undergraduates.
authors.affiliation: School of Information Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China.
authors.forename: Jieru
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130033, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Trauma Center, Khandwa District Hospital, Khandwa City 450001, India.
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130033, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, China.
authors.forename: Baotong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, China. Electronic address: yarmine@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, China. Electronic address: daiyk@sibet.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yakang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D066128:Gray Matter / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007194:India; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D009929:Organ Size; D013334:Students; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cortical surface area; Cortical thickness; Gray matter volume; MRI