Synaptogenesis in layer I of the human cerebral cortex in the first half of gestation

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-252

  Zecevic, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031979516     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.3.245     Document Type: Article

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