Developmental changes in the spatial organization of neurons in the neocortex of humans and common chimpanzees

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 4249-4259

  Teffer, Kate ^a   Buxhoeveden, Daniel P ^b   Stimpson, Cheryl D ^c   Fobbs, Archibald J ^d   Schapiro, Steven J ^e   Baze, Wallace B ^e   Mcarthur, Mark J ^e   Hopkins, William D ^f   Hof, Patrick R ^g,h   Sherwood, Chet C ^c   Semendeferi, Katerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

^f GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biological anthropology; Comparative neuroanatomy; Evolution; Minicolumn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; BRODMANN AREA 10; CHILD; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESTRIATE VISUAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; COMPARATIVE NEUROANATOMY; EVOLUTION; MINICOLUMN;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84886710006     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23412     Document Type: Article

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