CortiCal organization: Anatomical findings based on systems theory

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-71

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticalization; Encephalization; Isocortex; Minicolumn; Neocortex; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYSTEMS THEORY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79952350374     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10134-010-0002-2     Document Type: Article

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