On the origin and evolution of the tripartite brain

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Hirth, Frank ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Emx; Engrailed; Evolution; Functional equivalence; Homology; Nervous system; Otx; Phylogeny; Urbilateria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; METAZOA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957776886     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320218     Document Type: Article

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