Cortical sulci asymmetries in chimpanzees and macaques: A new look at an old idea

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-541

  Bogart, Stephanie L ^a,b   Mangin, Jean François ^c   Schapiro, Steven J ^d,e   Reamer, Lisa ^d   Bennett, Allyson J ^f   Pierre, Peter J ^g   Hopkins, William D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Chimpanzee; Sulci morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL SULCUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PARIETAL SULCUS; PRECENTRAL SULCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SYLVIAN FISSURE; TEMPORAL SULCUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA RADIATA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861202127     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.082     Document Type: Article

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