Cross-sectional area of the elephant corpus callosum: Comparison to other eutherian mammals

Neuroscience

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 815-824

  Manger, P R ^a   Hemingway, J ^a   Haagensen, M ^b   Gilissen, E ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Eutherian mammal; Evolution; Hemispheric connectivity; Marine mammals; Proboscidea

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CETACEA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELEPHANT; EUTHERIAN MAMMAL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE SECTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAMMALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951297489     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.066     Document Type: Article

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