Ayanda Ngwenya

University of the Witwatersrand — South Africa

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications(6), Primate Behavior and Ecology(5), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms(4), Sleep and Wakefulness Research(4), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology(3)

Publications15 total

Sex-Specific Behavioral Features of the Prenatal Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Brain Sciences·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The Complexly Parcellated, Yet Quantitatively Reduced, Orexinergic/Hypocretinergic System of Humans
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2025Open Access
Author response for "The Complexly Parcellated, Yet Quantitatively Reduced, Orexinergic/Hypocretinergic System of Humans"
2025
Author response for "The Complexly Parcellated, Yet Quantitatively Reduced, Orexinergic/Hypocretinergic System of Humans"
2025
MIGRATORY BEHAVIOUR AND THE EXPRESSION OF PROLIFERATIVE AND NEUROTROPHIC MARKERS IN FISH
IBRO Neuroscience Reports·2023Open Access
Orexinergic neurons in the hypothalami of an Asiatic lion, an African lion, and a Southeast African cheetah
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Seasonal differences in the morphology and spine density of hippocampal neurons in wild ground squirrels
Brain Structure and Function·2022· 6 cited
Nuclear organization and morphology of catecholaminergic neurons and certain pallial terminal networks in the brain of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·2020· 5 cited
Potential Adult Neurogenesis in the Telencephalon and Cerebellar Cortex of the Nile Crocodile Revealed with Doublecortin Immunohistochemistry
The Anatomical Record·2017· 16 citedOpen Access
Comparison of estimates of neuronal number obtained using the isotropic fractionator method and unbiased stereology in day old chicks (Gallus domesticus)
Journal of Neuroscience Methods·2017· 18 cited
Continued Growth of the Central Nervous System without Mandatory Addition of Neurons in the Nile Crocodile <b><i>(Crocodylus niloticus)</i></b>
Brain Behavior and Evolution·2016· 51 cited
Neurogenesis in the central nervous system of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) throughout ontogenesis
2015
The Continuously Growing Central Nervous System of the Nile Crocodile (<i>Crocodylus niloticus</i>)
The Anatomical Record·2013
The Continuously Growing Central Nervous System of the Nile Crocodile (<i>Crocodylus niloticus</i>)
The Anatomical Record·2013· 40 cited
Organisation and chemical neuroanatomy of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) olfactory bulb
Brain Structure and Function·2011· 39 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Paul R. Manger(11), Nina Patzke(6), Muhammad A. Spocter(6), Suzana Herculano‐Houzel(4), Illke B. Malungo(4), Mads F. Bertelsen(4), Brendon K. Billings(3), Thomas C. Thannickal(3), Jerome M. Siegel(3), Jean‐Leigh Kruger(2), Leigh‐Anne Dell(2), Richard Chawana(2), Pedzisai Mazengenya(2), Olatunbosun Olaleye(2), Ben Brinkman(2), Andrew N. Iwaniuk(2), Amadi O. Ihunwo(1), Janae Nahirney(1), Lauren Anne Williams(1), K. Fjordbotten(1)