Correlation between the sizes of Mauthner neurons and the preference of goldfish to turn to the right or left

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-422

  Mikhailova, G Z ^a   Pavlik, V D ^a   Tiras, N R ^a   Moshkov, D A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mauthner neurons; Morphofunctional asymmetry; Three dimensional histological reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GOLDFISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MAUTHNER CELL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; GOLDFISH; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 33645473268     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-006-0034-8     Document Type: Article

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