No postnatal doubling of number of neurons in human Broca's areas (Brodmann areas 44 and 45)? A stereological study

Neuroscience

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 715-728

  Uylings, H B M ^a,b   Malofeeva, L I ^c   Bogolepova, I N ^c   Jacobsen, A M ^a   Amunts, K ^d,e   Zilles, K ^d,f  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Error estimation; Lateralization ratio; Optical disector; Postnatal neurogenesis; Prefrontal cortex; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STEREOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 28944451087     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.07.048     Document Type: Article

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