Left-right asymmetry in volume and number of neurons in adult Broca's area

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 652-658

  Uylings, Harry B M ^a,b   Jacobsen, Annelise M ^a   Zilles, Karl ^c,d   Amunts, Katrin ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BA 44; BA 45; Lateralization ratio; Optical disector; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NISSL STAINING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY; AGING; CYTOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33747454237     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70401-5     Document Type: Article

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