The development of cerebral connections during the first 20-45 weeks' gestation

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 415-422

  Kostović, Ivica ^a   Jovanov Milošević, Nataša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cerebral pathways; Preterm infant; Synaptogenesis histogenesis; Thalamocortical afferents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMUS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33750524235     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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