The diameter of cortical axons depends both on the area of origin and target

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2178-2188

  Innocenti, Giorgio M ^a   Vercelli, Alessandro ^b   Caminiti, Roberto ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Cortical area; Internal capsule; Nucleus caudatus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VELOCITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACACA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN; DEXTRANS; MACACA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY;

EID: 84904311998     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht070     Document Type: Article

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