Cross-species and intraspecies morphometric analysis of the corpus callosum

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-43

  Olivares, Ricardo ^a   Michalland, Susana ^a   Aboitiz, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain size; Commissure; Interhemispheric communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034072895     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006640     Document Type: Article

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