A simple and accurate method for estimating the brain volume of birds: Possible application in paleoneurology

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-301

  Kawabe, Soichiro ^a   Shimokawa, Tetsuya ^a   Miki, Hitoshi ^b   Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Matsuda, Seiji ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird; Brain volume; Brain width

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; FOSSILS; NEUROLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NEORNITHES;

EID: 73249150130     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000270906     Document Type: Article

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