The gospel of the fossil brain: Tilly Edinger and the science of paleoneurology

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-361

  Buchholtz, Emily A ^a   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biography; Comparative neuroanatomy; Emigr scientist; Evolution; Female pioneers in neuroscience; History of neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FOSSIL; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; PALEONTOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; FOSSILS; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MASSACHUSETTS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCES; PALEONTOLOGY; PORTRAITS;

EID: 0033091130     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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