Ontogenesis of the sperm whale brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 210-228

  Oelschläger, Helmut H A ^a   Kemp, Birgit ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system development; Cetacea; Morphogenesis; Nervous system; Toothed whales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FACIAL NERVE; FETUS; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SMELL; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WHALES;

EID: 0032556051     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980921)399:2<210::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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