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The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

Reconstruction of a living Mirarce eatoni

November 13, 2018

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

A 75 million year old bird skeleton from a threatened national monument in Utah represents the most complete skeleton ever found in North America for a long extinct group of birds called enantiornithines. This large, fossilized bird provides important new insight into the evolution of flight. It has several advanced adaptations for flying, which show that the Enantiornithes evolved these features separately from living birds.

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November 30, 2018

Assessing distinct patterns of cognitive aging using tissue-specific brain age prediction based on diffusion tensor imaging and brain morphometry

10 citations

276 downloads

1,521 views

Geneviève Richard, Knut Kolskår, Anne-Marthe Sanders, Tobias Kaufmann, Anders Petersen, Nhat Trung Doan, Jennifer Monereo Sánchez, Dag Alnæs, Kristine M. Ulrichsen, Erlend S. Dørum, Ole A. Andreassen, Jan Egil Nordvik, Lars T. Westlye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5908 PubMed 30533290

November 21, 2018

Hemodynamic effects of sex and handedness on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: the contradiction between neuroimaging and behavioural results

2 citations

238 downloads

745 views

Sigita Cinciute, Algis Daktariunas, Osvaldas Ruksenas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5890 PubMed 30498629

November 21, 2018

Broad cognitive complaints but subtle objective working memory impairment in fibromyalgia patients

213 downloads

1,680 views