Inhibitory interneurons of the human prefrontal cortex display conserved evolution of the phenotype and related genes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 1011-1020

  Sherwood, Chet C ^a   Raghanti, Mary Ann ^b   Stimpson, Cheryl D ^a   Spocter, Muhammad A ^a   Uddin, Monica ^c   Boddy, Amy M ^d   Wildman, Derek E ^d   Bonar, Christopher J ^e   Lewandowski, Albert H ^e   Phillips, Kimberley A ^f   Erwin, Joseph M ^g   Hof, Patrick R ^h,i  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

^f TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Great ape; Language; Prefrontal cortex; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; PROTEIN;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 77950787829     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1831     Document Type: Article

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