The minicolumn hypothesis in neuroscience

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 935-951

  Buxhoeveden, Daniel P ^a,b   Casanova, Manuel F ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar organization; Minicolumns; Modules

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MINICOLUMN; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036234544     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf110     Document Type: Review

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