Neuroanatomy of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-429

  Marino, Lori ^a   Sudheimer, Keith D ^b   Pabst, D Ann ^c   McLellan, William A ^c   Filsoof, David ^a   Johnson, John I ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Common dolphin; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 1842853816     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10181     Document Type: Article

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