Ontogeny of the projection tracts and commissural fibres in the forebrain of the tammar wallaby (macropus eugenii): Timing in comparison with other mammals)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-22

  Ashwell, K W S ^a   Waite, P M E ^a   Maratte, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior commissure; Brain evolution; Corpus callosum; Fasciculus aberrans; Fornix; K selection; Marsupials; Posterior commissure; R selection; Reproductive strategies; Stria medullaris thalami

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOLUTION; FOREBRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOLUTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; PROSENCEPHALON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029679615     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113225     Document Type: Article

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