Synaptogenesis in hemimegalencephaly: The numerical density of asymmetric and symmetric synapses in the cerebral cortex

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-163

  O'Kusky, John R ^a,c   Akers, Mari Anne ^b   Vinters, Harry V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Heather Pavilion ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Hemimegalencephaly; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029884689     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050503     Document Type: Article

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