The interplay between the pineal complex and the habenular nuclei in lower vertebrates in the context of the evolution of cerebral asymmetry

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-488

  Guglielmotti, Vittorio ^a   Cristino, Luigia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Circadian system; Evolution; Habenulae; Pineal complex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN NODAL;

AMPHIBIA; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLOSTOME; DATA ANALYSIS; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EPITHALAMUS; EVOLUTION; FROG; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HABENULA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPTILE; REVIEW; RODENT; SILVER IMPREGNATION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HABENULA; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL GLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746769808     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.010     Document Type: Review

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