Brain weight throughout the life span of the chimpanzee

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-572

  Herndon, James G ^a   Tigges, Johannes ^a   Anderson, Daniel C ^a   Klumpp, Sherry A ^a   McClure, Harold M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body weight; Development; Mortality; Primates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHIMPANZEE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033549629     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990712)409:4<567::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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