Systematic, balancing gradients in neuron density and number across the primate isocortex

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Cahalane, Diarmuid J ^a   Charvet, Christine J ^a   Finlay, Barbara L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Cortical areas; Cytoarchitecture; Evolutionary development; Gradient; Neurogenesis; Primate evolution

Indexed keywords

ALOUTTA CARAYA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOTUS; AOTUS NANCYMAE; ARTICLE; CEBUS APELLA; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIA CELL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOLEMUR GARNETTI; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS ANUBIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SAGUINUS MIDAS; STEREOLOGY; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 84863903418     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00028     Document Type: Article

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