Hominoid visual brain structure volumes and the position of the lunate sulcus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-292

  de Sousa, Alexandra A ^a   Sherwood, Chet C ^a   Mohlberg, Hartmut ^b   Amunts, Katrin ^b,c   Schleicher, Axel ^d   MacLeod, Carol E ^e   Hof, Patrick R ^f   Frahm, Heiko ^d   Zilles, Karl ^b,d  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Evolution; Hominoids; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Lunate sulcus; Primary visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; SKULL;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 77952953509     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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