Modeling the evolution of cortico-cerebellar systems in primates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-190

  Smaers, Jeroen B ^a   Steele, James ^a   Zilles, Karl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain evolution; Cortico cerebellar system; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CORTICO CEREBELLAR SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SIMIAN; THALAMUS;

PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 79955542304     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06003.x     Document Type: Article

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