Lissencephaly/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
• Brain development [r]: The build-up of the brain from ectodermal cells to a complex structure of neurons, glia and blood vessels. ^[e]
• Brain evolution [r]: The process by which the central nervous system changed over many generations. ^[e]
• Neurodevelopmental disorder [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neuronal migration [r]: The process by which nerve cells travel from the place of their last cell division to their final position in the brain. ^[e]
• Miller-Dieker syndrome [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Agyria [r]: The lack of convolutions of the cerebral cortex. ^[e]
• Pachygyria [r]: A congenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere that results in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Gyrencephaly [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Brain size [r]: Umbrella term for various measures of how big a brain is. ^[e]
• Brain morphometry [r]: The quantitative study of structures in the brain, their differences between individuals, correlations with brain function, and changes of these characteristics over time. ^[e]
• Cerebral cortex [r]: External tissue layer within the vertebrate brain, ensheathed by the pia mater; home to the nerve cell bodies; important in learning and dementia. ^[e]
• Grey matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue that contains few myelinated axons but the somas of nerve cells, as well as glia and endothelial structures. ^[e]
• White matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue whose volume is dominated by myelinated axons of nerve cells. ^[e]