Acetylcholinesterase staining in human auditory and language cortices: Regional variation of structural features

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 260-270

  Hutsler, Jeffrey J ^a   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029869913     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/6.2.260     Document Type: Article

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