Evolutionary coherence of the mammalian amygdala

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1514, 2003, Pages 539-543

  Barton, Robert A ^a   Aggleton, John P ^b   Grenyer, Richard ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain evolution; Insectivores; Primates

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOLUTION; INSECTIVORE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037423829     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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