Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 914-927 , September 2008

Classical disconnection studies of the corpus callosum

  • Mitchell Glickstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • Giovanni Berlucchi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Università di Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, Verona, Italy
    • National Institute of Neuroscience, Italy

Received 4 February 2008 ,Revised 7 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 April 2008.

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