Evolution of forebrain and spatial cognition in vertebrates: Conservation across diversity

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-82

  Salas, Cosme ^a   Broglio, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Reptiles; Spatial cognition; Spatial memory; Telencephalic pallium; Teleost fish; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEMISPHERE; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; PROSENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATES;

AMNIOTA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141745563     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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