The forebrain of the blind cave fish astyanax hubbsi (characidae)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-52

  Riedel, Gemot ^a   Krug, Lieselotte ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characidae; DiI; Fish; HRP; Olfactory projections; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; FISH; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TELENCEPHALON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FISHES; NERVE FIBERS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030639854     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112980     Document Type: Article

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