Development of fetal cerebral cortex: Assessment of the folding conditions with post-mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 537-543

  Zhang, Zhonghe ^a   Liu, Shuwei ^a   Lin, Xiangtao ^b   Sun, Bo ^a   Yu, Taifei ^b   Geng, Hequn ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANDONG MEDICAL IMAGING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Development; Fetus; Folding; Post mortem MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MATURATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77955427954     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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