Variability and asymmetry of the sulcal contours defining Broca's area homologue in the chimpanzee brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1165-1180

  Keller, Simon S ^a,b   Deppe, Michael ^b   Herbin, Marc ^c   Gilissen, Emmanuel ^d,e,f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebral cortex; Comparative; Evolution; Ex vivo; Great apes; Language; Sulci

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEMISPHERE; INTERLOBAR SULCUS; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRECENTRAL SULCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84856717566     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22747     Document Type: Article

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