Sex differences in dog corpus callosum

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-67

  Aydinlioǧlu, Atif ^a   Arslan, K ^b   Raǧbetli, M Çetin ^a   Erdoǧan, A Riza ^c   Keles P ^c   Diyarbakirli, S ^c  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Corpus callosum; Dog brain; Lateralization; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOG; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034053060     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0924-3860(200002)38:01;1;FT063     Document Type: Article

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