Von Economo Neurons in the Anterior Insula of the Macaque Monkey

Neuron

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-489

  Evrard, Henry C ^a   Forro, Thomas ^a,c   Logothetis, Nikos K ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; VON ECONO NEURON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2B; SILVER STAINING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84860681905     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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