From genes to folds: a review of cortical gyrification theory

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2475-2483

  Ronan, Lisa ^a   Fletcher, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Gyrification; Morphology; Tangential expansion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CORTICAL GYRIFICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORCE; GENE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84940586290     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0961-z     Document Type: Review

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