Areal specialization of pyramidal cell structure in the visual cortex of the tree shrew: A new twist revealed in the evolution of cortical circuitry

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dendrite; Extrastriate; Lucifer yellow; Spine; Striate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; DENDRITIC SPINES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUPAIIDAE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 20944447602     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2131-7     Document Type: Article

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