Growth of the human corpus callosum: Modular and laminar morphogenetic zones

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2009, Pages

  Jovanov Milošević, Nataša ^a   Čuljat, Marko ^a   Kostović, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Callosal septa; Fetal brain; Glia of indusium griseum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Midline structures; Semaphorin3A

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956461730     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05.006.2009     Document Type: Review

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