A comparative study of corpus callosum size and signal intensity in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Neuroscience

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1119-1125

  Phillips, K A ^a   Kapfenberger, N ^b   Hopkins, W D ^b,c  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capuchin monkey; chimpanzee; corpus callosum morphology; corpus callosum organization; magnetic resonance imaging; signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENUS; MALE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62249105151     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.01.061     Document Type: Article

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