Sex-dependent behavioral effects of cerebral cortical lesions in the developing rhesus monkey.
Male rhesus monkeys with orbital prefrontal lesions were imtpaired on behavioral tests at 2(1/2) months of age whereas similar deficits were not detected in females with comparable lesions until 15 to 18 months of age. The results suggest that the maturation of a cortical region in the primate brain proceeds at different tempos in males and females.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D012723:Sex