Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 591-592 , May 2010

Does history repeat itself? Cortical columns: 2. From cytoarchitectonics to columns

  • Christopher U.M. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationVision Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, West Midlands B4 7ET, UK.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.12.003

Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 591-592 , May 2010

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