Evolution and development of interhemispheric connections in the vertebrate forebrain

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Suárez, Rodrigo ^a   Gobius, Han ^a   Richards, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior commissure; Axon guidance; Commissural plate; Comparative neuroanatomy; Corpus callosum; Hippocampal commissure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TELENCEPHALON; TETRAPOD; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84904303422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00497     Document Type: Article

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