A comparative morphometric analysis of the optic nerve in two cetacean species, the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 319-325

  Mazzatenta, Andrea ^a,d   Caleo, Matteo ^b   Baldaccini, Natale Emilio ^a   Maffei, Lamberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Dipto Chim e Biotecnologie Agrarie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dolphin; Fiber density; Giant axons; Plesiomorphic character; Whale

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TARGET CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DOLPHINS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; WHALES;

EID: 0034996032     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523801182155     Document Type: Article

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