Selective reduction of Von Economo neuron number in agenesis of the corpus callosum

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 479-489

  Kaufman, Jason A ^a   Paul, Lynn K ^a,b   Manaye, Kebreten F ^c   Granstedt, Andrea E ^d   Hof, Patrick R ^e   Hakeem, Atiya Y ^a   Allman, John M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Fronto insular cortex; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 54149102604     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-008-0434-7     Document Type: Article

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