The Diencephalon and Pretectum of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus): A Cytoarchitectonic Study

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 239-262

  Rupp, Barbara ^a   Northcutt, R Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Diencephalon; Evolution; Pretectum; Ray finned fishes; Sturgeon; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ACTINOPTERYGII; AMIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; LEPISOSTEUS; PISCES; POLYPTERIFORMES; POLYPTERUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIENCEPHALON; FISH; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA;

ANIMALS; DIENCEPHALON; FISHES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREOPTIC AREA;

EID: 0031628456     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006541     Document Type: Article

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