Regionalization of the telencephalon in urodele amphibians and its bearing on the identification of the amygdaloid complex

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2007, Pages

  Moreno, Nerea ^a,b   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basal ganglia; Evolution; Homology; Pallium; Subpallium

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249083316     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05/001.2007     Document Type: Article

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