Stereological and allometric studies on mammalian cerebral cortex with implications for medical brain imaging

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Mayhew, T M ^a   Mwamengele, G L M ^b   Dantzer, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Sokoine Agricultural University   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cerebral cortex; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; CATTLE; DOG; FEMALE; GOAT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORSE; IMAGING; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOATS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HORSES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAMMALS; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0029761358     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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