Von Economo neurons are present in the dorsolateral (dysgranular) prefrontal cortex of humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 435, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-218

  Fajardo, C ^a   Escobar, M I ^a   Buritica E ^a   Arteaga, G ^a   Umbarila, J ^a   Casanova, M F ^b   Pimienta, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate gyrus; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Frontoinsular cortex; Spindle cells; Von Economo neurons

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 41649094952     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.02.048     Document Type: Article

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