Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 1 , Pages 1-20 , 30 July 2010

3-D Cytoarchitectonic parcellation of human orbitofrontal cortex: Correlation with postmortem MRI

  • Harry B.M. Uylings

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Departrment of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 4448040; fax: +31 20 4448054.
    • These authors contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Ernesto J. Sanz -Arigita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Current address: Dept. Radiol., Ctr. Res. & Adv. Therap. Alzheimer's disease (CITA-AD), San Sebastian, Spain.
    • ,
  • Koos de Vos

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Current address: Shell Int. Exploration & Production, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Chris W. Pool

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Paul Evers

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Brain Bank, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Grazyna Rajkowska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA
    • These authors contributed equally.

Received 22 July 2009 ,Revised 15 March 2010 ,Accepted 21 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.04.012

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