Origin of the Isthmus? A Comparison of the Brains of Lancelets and Vertebrates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 466, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 316-318

  Northcutt, R Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIENCEPHALON; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOREBRAIN; INFUNDIBULUM; INVERTEBRATE; LAMELLAR BODY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT CELL; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TEGMENTUM; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; HUMANS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0142249299     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10892     Document Type: Note

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