Brain volumes of the lamb, rat and bird do not show hemispheric asymmetry: A stereological study

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-13

  Sahin, Bünyamin ^a   Aslan, Hüseyin ^a   Unal, Bünyami ^b   Canan, Sinan ^a   Bilgic, Sait ^a   Kaplan, Süleyman ^a   Tumkaya, Levent ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Bird; Brain volume; Cavalieri principle; Lamb; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002645569     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v20.p9-13     Document Type: Article

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