Comparative anatomy of the locus coeruleus in humans and nonhuman primates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 963-971

  Sharma, Yukti ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Graf, Werner M ^a   Fobbs, Archie ^b   Sherwood, Chet C ^c   Hof, Patrick R ^d,e   Allman, John M ^f   Manaye, Kebreten F ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominids; Locus coeruleus; Nonhuman primates; Stereology; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CATALYSIS; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MACACA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77949356183     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22249     Document Type: Article

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