The corpus callosum, the other great forebrain commissures, and the septum pellucidum: Anatomy, development, and malformation

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 447-477

  Raybaud, Charles ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior commissure; Commissural agenesis; Commissural anatomy; Commissural development; Commissural malformation; Corpus callosum; Hippocampal commissure; Septum pellucidum

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LIPOMA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; PATHOLOGY;

AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSENCEPHALON; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 77953206683     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0696-3     Document Type: Review

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