Laws of conservation as related to brain growth, aging, and evolution: Symmetry of the minicolumn

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a   El Baz, Ayman ^b   Switala, Andrew ^a  

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

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Minicolumns; Neocortex; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84862991021     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00066     Document Type: Article

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