Darwin 200: Special feature on brain evolution

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-107

  Smulders, Tom V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HUMANS;

EID: 63249124704     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0687     Document Type: Editorial

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