Variation in brain organization and cerebellar foliation in chondrichthyans: Sharks and holocephalans

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-300

  Yopak, Kara E ^a,c   Lisney, Thomas J ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^b   Montgomery, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cerebellum; Chondrichthyan; Comparative brain morphology; Ecomorphology; Morphometrics; Nervous system; Neuromorphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIENCEPHALON; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; LIFESTYLE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIENCEPHALON; FISHES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SHARKS; TELENCEPHALON;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 34247327351     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100037     Document Type: Article

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