Neuropil distribution in the cerebral cortex differs between humans and chimpanzees

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2917-2929

  Spocter, Muhammad A ^a,b   Hopkins, William D ^c,d   Barks, Sarah K ^a   Bianchi, Serena ^a   Hehmeyer, Abigail E ^a   Anderson, Sarah M ^a   Stimpson, Cheryl D ^a   Fobbs, Archibald J ^e   Hof, Patrick R ^f,g   Sherwood, Chet C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Museum of Health and Medicine   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain; Cytoarchitecture; Evolution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FRONTOINSULAR CORTEX; FRONTOPOLAR CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PLANUM TEMPORALE; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYNAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPIL; PAN TROGLODYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863599373     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23074     Document Type: Article

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