A neurological comparative study of the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) brain

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2129-2135

  Walløe, Solveig ^a,b   Eriksen, Nina ^a   Dabelsteen, Torben ^b   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glial cell; Marine mammals; Neocortex; Neuron; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; STEREOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; NEOCORTEX; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PHOCOENA; SEALS, EARLESS;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA;

EID: 78649713353     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21295     Document Type: Article

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