Neocortical maturation during adolescence: Change in neuronal soma dimension

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-336

  Rabinowicz, Theodore ^a   Petetot, Jean MacDonald Comber ^a   Khoury, Jane C ^b   de Courten Myers, Gabrielle M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Brain maturation; Cerebral cortex; Cytoarchitecture; Morphometry; Neuronal soma

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349115157     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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