Histological asymmetries of primary motor cortex predict handedness in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 503, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-537

  Sherwood, Chet C ^a   Wahl, Elizabeth ^b   Erwin, Joseph M ^c,d   Hof, Patrick R ^e,f   Hopkins, William D ^g,h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Foundation for Comparative and Conservation Biology   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^g AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Handedness; Interneuron; Parvalbumin; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARVALBUMINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34447303106     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21399     Document Type: Article

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