Functional anatomy of cortical areas characterized by von Economo neurons

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Cauda, Franco ^a,b   Torta, Diana M E ^b   Sacco, Katiuscia ^a,b   D'Agata, Federico ^a,b   Geda, Elisabetta ^a,b   Duca, Sergio ^a,b   Geminiani, Giuliano ^a,b   Vercelli, Alessandro ^b  

^a Koelliker Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clustering; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Resting state; Von Economo neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; AUTOREGULATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRODMANN AREA 10; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VON ECONOMO NEURON;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUZZY LOGIC; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872342550     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0382-9     Document Type: Review

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