Myelination of a Key Relay Zone in the Hippocampal Formation Occurs in the Human Brain during Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 477-484

  Benes, Francine M ^a,b   Turtle, Mary ^b   Khan, Yusuf ^b   Farol, Peter ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBICULUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0028240329     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1994.03950060041004     Document Type: Article

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