Reaching beyond the midline: Why are human brains cross wired?

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-99

  Vulliemoz, Serge ^a   Raineteau, Olivier ^b   Jabaudon, Denis ^a,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOSMIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DECUSSATION; BRAIN INJURY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVOLUTION; GAZE PARALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 12344322716     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)00990-7     Document Type: Review

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