Myelination and isochronicity in neural networks

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2009, Pages

  Kimura, Fumitaka ^a   Itami, Chiaki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Conduction velocity; Isochronicity; Thalamocortical pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749142100     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05.012.2009     Document Type: Review

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