Succinic dehydrogenase histochemistry reveals the location of the putative primary visual and auditory areas within the dorsal ventricular ridge of Sphenodon punctatus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-36

  Reiner, Anton ^a   Northcutt, R Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Evolution; Histochemistry; Reptiles; Telencephalon; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BASAL GANGLION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL CORTEX;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034090407     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006639     Document Type: Article

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