Volumetric comparisons in the cerebellar complex of anthropoids, with special reference to locomotor types

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Matano, Shozo ^a   Hirasaki, Eishi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anthropoids; Cerebellar complex; Locomotor types; Morphometry; Stephan's collection

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; NONHUMAN; PONS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CEREBELLUM; GORILLA GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; LOCOMOTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; ORGAN SIZE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030985904     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199706)103:2<173::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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