Developmental processes and the pathophysiology of mental retardation

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-208

  Oster Granite, Mary Lou ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural development; Neurogenesis; Neuronal dysgenesis; Neuronal migration; Neurulation; Plasticity; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 8544243260     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1996)2:4<197::AID-MRDD3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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