Using ultrasound to estimate brain size in the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris Cuvier in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 1183, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-73

  Grimaldi, Anna Maria ^a   Agnisola, Claudio ^b   Fiorito, Graziano ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain size; Cephalopod; Invertebrate; Octopus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEPHALOPOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; OCTOPODIFORMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 36048977309     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.032     Document Type: Article

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