Microstructural Asymmetries of the Cerebral Cortex in Humans and Other Mammals

Special Topics in Primatology

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2007, Pages 92-118

  Schenker, Natalie M ^a   Sherwood, Chet C ^b   Hof, Patrick R ^c,d   Semendeferi, Katerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoarchitectonics; histological asymmetry; Microstructural asymmetry; minicolumn asymmetry; primate brain evolution; primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957077424     PISSN: 19368526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05004-X     Document Type: Review

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