Sexual dimorphism and laterality in the evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-212

  Smaers, Jeroen B ^a   Mulvaney, Poppy I ^b,c   Soligo, Christophe ^a   Zilles, Karl ^d,e   Amunts, Katrin ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropoid; Laterality; Prefrontal cortex; Primate; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 84859739869     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336115     Document Type: Article

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