The Calcarine Sulcus as an Estimate of the Total Volume of the Human Striate Cortex: A Morphometric Study of Reliability and Intersubject Variability

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-66

  Gilissen, Emmanuel ^a,b   Zilles, Karl ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcarine sulcus; Striate cortex; Surface; Variability; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1842453042     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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