Evolution of the Cerebellum in Primates: Differences in Relative Volume among Monkeys, Apes and Humans

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 308-314

  Rilling, James K ^a   Insel, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cerebellum; Comparative; Evolution; Human; Primates

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HYLOBATIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031610563     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006575     Document Type: Article

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