Anisometric brain dimorphism revisited: Implementation of a volumetric 3D standard brain in Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 517, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-225

  El Jundi, Basil ^a   Huetteroth, Wolf ^a   Kurylas, Angela E ^a   Schachtner, Joachim ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Brain; Digital neuroanatomy; Insect; Neuropil; Olfactory system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MANDUCA SEXTA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDUCA; NEUROPIL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 70349826181     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22150     Document Type: Article

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