MRI-based surface area estimates in the normal adult human brain: Evidence for structural organisation

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 425-438

  Sisodiya, Sanjay ^a   Free, Samantha ^a   Fish, David ^a   Shorvon, Simon ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain measurement; Cerebral cortex; Cortical dysgenesis; Volumetric imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029922924     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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