Publication Date:
2005-11-08
Description:
The cerebral cortex of the human brain is a sheet of about 10 billion neurons divided into discrete subdivisions or areas that process particular aspects of sensation, movement, and cognition. Recent evidence has begun to transform our understanding of how cortical areas form, make specific connections with other brain regions, develop unique processing networks, and adapt to changes in inputs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sur, Mriganka -- Rubenstein, John L R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Nov 4;310(5749):805-10.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 46-6237, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. msur@mit.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16272112" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Axons/physiology
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*Body Patterning
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Brain Mapping
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Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology/*growth & development/metabolism/*physiology
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Dominance, Ocular
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Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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Humans
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Models, Neurological
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Morphogenesis
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Nerve Net/physiology
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Neural Pathways/growth & development/physiology
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*Neuronal Plasticity
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Thalamus/anatomy & histology/growth & development/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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