Radial cytoarchitecture and patterns of cortical connectivity in autism

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1522, 2009, Pages 1433-1436

  Casanova, Manuel ^a   Trippe, Juan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Cortical minicolumn; Cytoarchitecture

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 66149096546     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0331     Document Type: Review

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