Neuron numbers in sensory cortices of five delphinids compared to a physeterid, the pygmy sperm whale

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 357-360

  Poth, C ^a   Fung, C ^a   Gunturkun O ^b   Ridgway, S H ^c   Oelschlager H H A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory, visual, somatosensory cortex; Cortical unit; Delphinid, physeterid, Cetacea; Neuron number

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CETACEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SENSORY CORTEX; SPERM; WHALE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; OXAZINES; WHALES;

EID: 24344480388     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.02.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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