The relationships of dog hippocampus to sex and paw preference

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-88

  Aydinlioǧlu, Atif ^a   Arslan, Kadir ^b   Cengiz, Nurettin ^a   Raǧbetli, Murat ^a   Erdoǧan, Ender ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cavalieri principle; Hippocampus; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; DISSECTION; DOG; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 28844432659     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450690962433     Document Type: Article

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