The human insula: Architectonic organization and postmortem MRI registration

Neuroscience

Volumn 236, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-135

  Morel, A ^a   Gallay, M N ^a,b   Baechler, A ^a   Wyss, M ^a   Gallay, D S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Klinik fur Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Island of Reil; MRI projections; Myelin; Parvalbumin; Von Economo neurons

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFERIOR PERIINSULAR SULCUS; INSULA; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERCULUM (BRAIN); ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TEMPORAL OPERCULUM; VON ECONOMO NEURON;

AUTOPSY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84874510175     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.076     Document Type: Article

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