Expansion of the human embryonic brain during rapid growth: Area analysis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-480

  Levitan, Michael L ^a   Desmond, Mary E ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain expansion; Cerebrospinal fluid pressure; CSF; Growth parameters; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PROSENCEPHALON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65549089705     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20882     Document Type: Article

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