High-expanding cortical regions in human development and evolution are related to higher intellectual abilities

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-34

  Fjell, Anders M ^a   Westlye, Lars T ^b   Amlien, Inge ^a   Tamnes, Christian K ^a   Grydeland, Hakon ^a   Engvig, Andreas ^a   Espeseth, Thomas ^b   Reinvang, Ivar ^b   Lundervold, Astri J ^c   Lundervold, Arvid ^c,d   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a  

^a Research Group for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Development; Evolution; Macaque monkeys; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACACA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MACACA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922383350     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht201     Document Type: Article

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