Neuronal morphology in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) neocortex

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 273-298

  Jacobs, Bob ^a   Lubs, Jessica ^a   Hannan, Markus ^a   Anderson, Kaeley ^a   Butti, Camilla ^b   Sherwood, Chet C ^c   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Manger, Paul R ^d  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Dendrite; Dendritic spine; Golgi method; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIENCEPHALON; DOCUMENTATION; ELEPHANT; EVOLUTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TELENCEPHALON;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELEPHANTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS;

AFROTHERIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; EUTHERIA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 79951958956     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0288-3     Document Type: Article

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