Alzheimer's disease: The downside of a highly evolved parietal lobe?

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-240

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; brain evolution; dementia; Homo sapiens; metabolism; paleoneurology

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROGLIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84877136605     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-122299     Document Type: Article

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