Comparative analyses of the neuron numbers and volumes of the amygdaloid complex in old and new world primates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1176-1198

  Carlo, C N ^a,b   Stefanacci, L ^a,b   Semendeferi, K ^a   Stevens, Charles F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Amygdala; Brain evolution; Brown capuchin monkey; Comparative anatomy; Crab eating macaque; Nonhuman primate; Nuclei; Pig tailed macaque; Rhesus macaque; Stereology; White ear tufted marmoset

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMYGDALOID COMPLEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEBIDAE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77949378009     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22264     Document Type: Article

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