Virtual reconstructions of the endocranial cavity of Rhea americana (Aves, Palaeognathae): Postnatal anatomical changes

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 176-184

  Picasso, Mariana B J ^a,b   Tambussi, Claudia P ^a,c   Degrange, Federico J ^a,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b ANPCyT   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional models; Endocranial cavity; Palaeognathae; Postnatal anatomy; Rhea americana

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEA; SKULL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEIFORMES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

APTERYX; AURICULA; AVES; BULBUS; DROMAIUS; PALAEOGNATHAE; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; STRUTHIO; TINAMIDAE;

EID: 79451472320     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321173     Document Type: Article

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