Dendritic morphology of pyramidal neurons in the chimpanzee neocortex: Regional specializations and comparison to humans

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2429-2436

  Bianchi, Serena ^a   Stimpson, Cheryl D ^a   Bauernfeind, Amy L ^a   Schapiro, Steven J ^b   Baze, Wallace B ^b   McArthur, Mark J ^b   Bronson, Ellen ^c   Hopkins, William D ^d,e   Semendeferi, Katerina ^f   Jacobs, Bob ^g   Hof, Patrick R ^h,i   Sherwood, Chet C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Maryland Zoo in Baltimore   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 10; Dendrites; Evolution; Golgi; Primate cerebral cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EVOLUTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GOLGI STAIN; HUMAN; MACACA; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 84887900487     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs239     Document Type: Article

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