Differences in cortical serotonergic innervation among humans, chimpanzees, and Macaque monkeys: A comparative study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-597

  Raghanti, Mary Ann ^a   Stimpson, Cheryl D ^b   Marcinkiewicz, Jennifer L ^a   Erwin, Joseph M ^c   Hof, Patrick R ^d,e   Sherwood, Chet C ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Area 32; Area 4; Area 9; Human evolution; Prefrontal cortex; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; THEORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39349093319     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm089     Document Type: Article

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