Regional specialization in pyramidal cell structure in the visual cortex of the galago: An intracellular injection study of striate and extrastriate areas with comparative notes on new world and old world monkeys

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-21

  Elston, Guy N ^a   Elston, Alejandra ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^b   Casagrande, Vivien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dendrite; Extrastriate; Lucifer; Mammals; Primates; Spine; Striate; Yellow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SIZE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; GALAGO; MAMMALIA; OTOLEMUR GARNETTII; PRIMATES; SIMIA; SIMIAE; STREPSIRHINI;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEBIDAE; CELL SIZE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALAGO; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 20544453895     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085044     Document Type: Article

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