Comparative studies of diurnal and nocturnal rodents: Differences in lifestyle result in alterations in cortical field size and number

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4491-4512

  Campi, Katharine L ^a,b   Krubitzer, Leah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Area 17; Area 18; Evolution; Extrastriate cortex; Indexing terms; Vision

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIFESTYLE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SQUIRREL; VISUAL CORTEX; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN MAPPING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LIFE STYLE; MYELIN SHEATH; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 77957915908     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22466     Document Type: Article

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