The organisation of invertebrate brains: Cells, synapses and circuits

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Cell number; Glia; Myelin; Neuron; Neuropile

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; INVERTEBRATE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ECDYSOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73349111907     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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