Ontogenic development of the human subcommissural organ

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 107-120

  Castañeyra Perdomo, Agustín ^a,b   Carmona Calero, E M ^a,b   Perez Gonzalez H ^a   Martinez Pena Y Valenzuela I ^a   Plaza Moreno, P ^a   Ormazabal Ramos, C ^c   Gonzalez Marrero I ^b   Trojillano Dorado, A ^b   Ferres Torres, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Inst Invest Cie Puerto Rosario   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Human; Ontogeny; Pineal gland; Subcommissural organ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROANATOMY; ONTOGENY; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL BODY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN;

EID: 15344338979     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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