Neocortical synaptophysin asymmetry and behavioral lateralization in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1456-1464

  Sherwood, Chet C ^a   Duka, Tetyana ^a   Stimpson, Cheryl D ^a   Schenker, Natalie M ^a   Garrison, Amy R ^a   Schapiro, Steven J ^b   Baze, Wallace B ^b   McArthur, Mark J ^b   Erwin, Joseph M ^c   Hof, Patrick R ^d,e   Hopkins, William D ^f,g  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (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)

^f AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Handedness; Plasticity; Primary motor cortex; Synapse

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; ANIMAL; HAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; PAN TROGLODYTES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 77951165216     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07168.x     Document Type: Article

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