List of works - Muhammad A. Spocter

An assessment of sex using the skull of black South Africans by discriminant function analysis.

scientific article published on 24 April 2008

Anatomy, medical education, and human ancestral variation

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Brain gyrification in wild and domestic canids: Has domestication changed the gyrification index in domestic dogs?

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Broca's area homologue in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): probabilistic mapping, asymmetry, and comparison to humans

scientific article

Comparative morphology of gigantopyramidal neurons in primary motor cortex across mammals

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Comparative neocortical neuromorphology in felids: African lion, African leopard, and cheetah

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

In contrast to many other mammals, cetaceans have relatively small hippocampi that appear to lack adult neurogenesis

scientific article published in November 2013

Inhibitory interneurons of the human prefrontal cortex display conserved evolution of the phenotype and related genes

scientific article published on 2 December 2009

Microbats appear to have adult hippocampal neurogenesis, but post-capture stress causes a rapid decline in the number of neurons expressing doublecortin.

scientific article

Neocortical neuron morphology in Afrotheria: comparing the rock hyrax with the African elephant.

scientific article

Neuropil Distribution in the Anterior Cingulate and Occipital Cortex of Artiodactyls

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

Neuropil distribution in the cerebral cortex differs between humans and chimpanzees ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Nuclear organisation of cholinergic, catecholaminergic, serotonergic and orexinergic neurons in two relatively large-brained rodent species-The springhare (Pedetes capensis) and Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti).

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Orexinergic bouton density is lower in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans compared to artiodactyls

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

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Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the river hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): A most unusual cetartiodactyl species

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the microanatomy of the African elephant cerebellar cortex

scientific article

Scaling of the corpus callosum in wild and domestic canids: Insights into the domesticated brain

scientific article published on 25 September 2018

The brain of the African wild dog. I. Anatomy, architecture, and volumetrics

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

The brain of the African wild dog. II. The olfactory system

scientific article published on 15 August 2020

The brain of the African wild dog. III. The auditory system

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

The brain of the African wild dog. IV. The visual system

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

The brain of the tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis). II. The olfactory system

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

The brain of the tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis). VI. The brainstem and cerebellum

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

The cerebral cortex of the pygmy hippopotamus, Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae): MRI, cytoarchitecture, and neuronal morphology

scientific article

The continuously growing central nervous system of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

scientific article published on 05 July 2013

The distribution, number, and certain neurochemical identities of infracortical white matter neurons in the brains of a southern lesser galago, a black‐capped squirrel monkey, and a crested macaque

scientific article published on 14 July 2021

The use of cranial variables for the estimation of body mass in fossil hominins.

scientific article published in September 2007

Wernicke's area homologue in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and its relation to the appearance of modern human language

scientific article (publication date: 22 July 2010)

List of works by Muhammad A. Spocter

An assessment of sex using the skull of black South Africans by discriminant function analysis.

Anatomy, medical education, and human ancestral variation

Brain gyrification in wild and domestic canids: Has domestication changed the gyrification index in domestic dogs?

Broca's area homologue in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): probabilistic mapping, asymmetry, and comparison to humans

Comparative morphology of gigantopyramidal neurons in primary motor cortex across mammals

Comparative neocortical neuromorphology in felids: African lion, African leopard, and cheetah

In contrast to many other mammals, cetaceans have relatively small hippocampi that appear to lack adult neurogenesis

Inhibitory interneurons of the human prefrontal cortex display conserved evolution of the phenotype and related genes

Microbats appear to have adult hippocampal neurogenesis, but post-capture stress causes a rapid decline in the number of neurons expressing doublecortin.

Neocortical neuron morphology in Afrotheria: comparing the rock hyrax with the African elephant.

Neuropil Distribution in the Anterior Cingulate and Occipital Cortex of Artiodactyls

Neuropil distribution in the cerebral cortex differs between humans and chimpanzees ⬇️

Nuclear organisation of cholinergic, catecholaminergic, serotonergic and orexinergic neurons in two relatively large-brained rodent species-The springhare (Pedetes capensis) and Beecroft's scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti).

Orexinergic bouton density is lower in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans compared to artiodactyls

Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).

Organization of the sleep-related neural systems in the brain of the river hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): A most unusual cetartiodactyl species

Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the microanatomy of the African elephant cerebellar cortex

Scaling of the corpus callosum in wild and domestic canids: Insights into the domesticated brain

The brain of the African wild dog. I. Anatomy, architecture, and volumetrics

The brain of the African wild dog. II. The olfactory system

The brain of the African wild dog. III. The auditory system

The brain of the African wild dog. IV. The visual system

The brain of the tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis). II. The olfactory system

The brain of the tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis). VI. The brainstem and cerebellum

The cerebral cortex of the pygmy hippopotamus, Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae): MRI, cytoarchitecture, and neuronal morphology

The continuously growing central nervous system of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

The distribution, number, and certain neurochemical identities of infracortical white matter neurons in the brains of a southern lesser galago, a black‐capped squirrel monkey, and a crested macaque

The use of cranial variables for the estimation of body mass in fossil hominins.

Wernicke's area homologue in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and its relation to the appearance of modern human language