The subplate and early cortical circuits

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 23-48

  Kanold, Patrick O ^a   Luhmann, Heiko J ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cell death; cerebral cortex; connectivity; cortical column; development; MAP2; neuronal network; neuropeptides; neurotransmitters; plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; EYE DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INNERVATION; ISCHEMIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBPLATE NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77953360957     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-060909-153244     Document Type: Review

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