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Comparative Neuroanatomy

Comparative Neuroanatomy is the academic discipline that investigates the structural organization of nervous systems across different species to identify evolutionary adaptations and phylogenetic relationships through detailed morphological comparison.

6.8K

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379.8K

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12.6K

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2.6K

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2017–2026

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6.8K

Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brains of Marsupials: Not as “Primitive” as Expected

Sandra Esmeralda Dos Santos, Jairo Porfírio, Felipe Cunha et al. · Brain Behavior and Evolution · 2017 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates

Robin Dunbar · Journal of Human Evolution · 1992 · 2.5K citations

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The symbolic species: the co-evolution of language and the brain

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 2.5K citations

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Equal numbers of neuronal and nonneuronal cells make the human brain an isometrically scaled‐up primate brain

Frederico A. C. Azevedo, Ludmila R.B. Carvalho, Lea T. Grinberg et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2009 · 2.3K citations

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The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis: The Brain and the Digestive System in Human and Primate Evolution

Leslie C. Aiello, P.E. Wheeler · Current Anthropology · 1995 · 2.3K citations

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Authors

12.6K

  1. CC
    Chet C. Sherwood

    George Washington University, United States

    67 publications · 6.8K citations

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    Patrick R. Hof

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

    59 publications · 3.8K citations

    37

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  3. SH
    Steffen Harzsch

    Universität Greifswald, Germany

    45 publications · 3.7K citations

    37

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    Paul R. Manger

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    69 publications · 5.7K citations

    36

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    R. Glenn Northcutt

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    55 publications · 3.3K citations

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Institutions

2.6K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    49 h-index

    125 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    48 h-index

    138 publications

    11K citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    47 h-index

    148 publications

    10K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    47 h-index

    462 publications

    22.7K citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    46 h-index

    169 publications

    12.9K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    45 h-index

    171 publications

    16.9K citations

  7. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    43 h-index

    147 publications

    12K citations

  8. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, United States

    42 h-index

    143 publications

    10.1K citations

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  1. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    934 publications · 60.8K citations

    116

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  2. Brain Behavior and Evolution

    402 publications · 24.7K citations

    77

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  3. Brain Research

    235 publications · 14.4K citations

    61

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 281 publications · 10.1K citations

    52

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  5. Journal of Morphology

    214 publications · 8.4K citations

    50

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