Broca's region: Cytoarchitectonic asymmetry and developmental changes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 465, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-89

  Amunts, Katrin ^a   Schleicher, Axel ^b   Ditterich, Annette ^b   Zilles, Karl ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior speech region; Lateralization; Morphometry; Plasticity; Postnatal ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CHILD; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0042693023     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10829     Document Type: Article

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