Human development XI: The structure of the cerebral cortex. Are there really modules in the brain?

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1922-1929

  Hermansen, Tyge Dahl ^a   Ventegodt, Søren ^a,b,c,d,e   Kandel, Isack ^f,g  

^a QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^c Nordic School of Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^d Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine   (Norway)

^e Interuniversity College   (Austria)

^f ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Clinical holistic medicine; Cortex; Holistic biology; Neurobiology; Public health; Theoretical biology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38149070323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.256     Document Type: Review

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