Anatomical differences of Cerebellar vermis measurement values in healthy adult men and women using MRI images.

Rana Abdul Rahman Aziz

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2016

Anatomical differences of Cerebellar vermis measurement values in healthy adult men and women using MRI images.

Rana Abdul Rahman Aziz

Abstract :

Background:

The cerebellum is divided into two hemispheres and contains a narrow midline zone called the vermis. A set of large folds are conventionally used to divide the overall structure into ten smaller "lobules". The vermis receives fies from the trunk and proximal portions of limbs, But the question is that does the cerebellum have the same measurement values in males and females of the same age?

Material and method:

The present study used 80 sectional ain MRI images (40: males, 40: females); 35–50 years old as indices of size for the vermian structures of the Cerebellum. This middle age group was taken because as known generally it could be neither an age of growth as in the young nor of atrophy as in old individuals. The aim regarding the gender differences was whether, in the healthy middle age individuals, the cerebellar vermis and its lobules show different height and width measurements in the males and the females.

Results and discussion:

The results revealed that there is a strong significant difference in which the males‘ vermis is larger than the females‘ in this specific sectional MRI study. Moreover, these results might help to address controversies in the study of sexual dimorphisms and asymmetric patterns in human cerebellum.