Facts and fictions regarding post-natal neurogenesis in the developing human cerebral cortex

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Korr, Hubert ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033533736     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0992     Document Type: Article

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