On the growth and form of cortical convolutions

Tuomas Tallinen; Jun Young Chung; Francois Rousseau; Nadine Girard; Julien Lefèvre; L. Mahadevan

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journal article Feb 01, 2016

On the growth and form of cortical convolutions

Tuomas Tallinen Jun Young Chung Francois Rousseau Nadine Girard Julien Lefèvre

L. Mahadevan

Nature Physics Vol. 12 No. 6 pp. 588-593 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Tuomas Tallinen, Jun Young Chung, Francois Rousseau, et al. (2016). On the growth and form of cortical convolutions. Nature Physics, 12(6), 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3632

On the growth and form of cortical convolutions

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