Development of axonal pathways in the human fetal fronto-limbic brain: Histochemical characterization and diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-417

  Vasung, Lana ^a   Huang, Hao ^b   Jovanov Milošević, Nataša ^a   Pletikos, Mihovil ^a   Mori, Susumu ^b   Kostović, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal pathways; Development; fronto limbic connectivity; Human fetal brain; Subplate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EFFERENT NERVE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; THALAMUS;

EID: 77956466596     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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