A claim in search of evidence: Reply to Manger's thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure

Biological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-440

  Marino, Lori ^a   Butti, Camilla ^b,c   Connor, Richard C ^d   Fordyce, R Ewan ^e   Herman, Louis M ^f   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Lefebvre, Louis ^g   Lusseau, David ^h   McCowan, Brenda ⁱ   Nimchinsky, Esther A ^b   Pack, Adam A ^j   Reidenberg, Joy S ^b   Reiss, Diana ^k   Rendell, Luke ^l   Uhen, Mark D ^m   Van Der Gucht, Estelle ^b   Whitehead, Hal ^h  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^k CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain; Brain size; Cetacean; Cognition; Dolphin; Encephalisation; Intelligence; Marine mammals; Temperature; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CETACEA; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EOCENE; HEAT LOSS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; VOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CETACEA; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMOGENESIS;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 54849438903     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00049.x     Document Type: Review

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