Axon bundle spacing in the anterior cingulate cortex of the human brain

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1389-1392

  Di Rosa, Enrica ^a   Crow, Timothy J ^b   Chance, Steven A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Brain development; Minicolumn; Neuroplasticity; White matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROGLIA; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 55549135660     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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