The brain of the armadillo Dasypus hybridus. A general view of its most salient features

Biocell

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-140

  Ferrari, Carina C ^a   Aldana Marcos, Hernán J ^a   Carmanchahi, Pablo D ^a   Benítez, Isabel ^a   Affanni, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Circumventricular organs; Neuroanatomy; Pineal; Rhinencephalon; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HEMISPHERE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DASYPUS HYBRIDUS; DASYPUS SEPTEMCINCTUS; EDENTATA;

EID: 13144258759     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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