A quantitative morphometric study of the human anterior cingulate cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1013, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-222

  Gittins, Rebecca ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area 24; Cortical depth; Cytoarchitecture; Glial density; Limbic system and hypothalamus; Mood disorder; Morphometry; Neuronal density; Neuronal size; Other systems; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; GLIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 2942527715     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.03.064     Document Type: Article

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