Age-related changes of digital endocranial volume during human ontogeny: Results from an osteological reference collection

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-318

  Coqueugniot, Hélène ^a,b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT scans; endocranial volume; growth and development; ontogeny; osteological collection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; ENDOCRANIAL VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONTOGENY; OSTEOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PALEONTOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855767191     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21655     Document Type: Article

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