The missing link. Evolution of the primate cerebellum.

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-187

  MacLeod, Carol ^a  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentate nucleus; Hominoid; Inferior olivary nucleus; Neocerebellum; Neuroanatomy; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PONTINE NUCLEUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84855494016     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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