Architecture and morphology of the human ventromedial prefrontal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2777-2796

  Mackey, Scott ^a,b   Petrides, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical architectonics; Density profiles; Human; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRANULAR CORTEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84908488952     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12654     Document Type: Article

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