Asymmetry and symmetry in brain waves from dolphin left and right hemispheres: Some observations after anesthesia, during quiescent hanging behavior, and during visual obstruction

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 265-274

  Ridgway, Sam H ^a  

^a Marine Mammal Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain wave pattern; Cetacean; EEG; Hemispheric asymmetry; Mammal; Sleep; Sleep in water; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TELEMETRY; VISION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DOLPHINS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP STAGES; TELEMETRY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0036904402     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067192     Document Type: Article

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