Sex and the frontal cortex: A developmental CT study in the spotted hyena

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 185-197

  Arsznov, Bradley M ^a   Lundrigan, Barbara L ^a   Holekamp, Kay E ^a   Sakai, Sharleen T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Development; Endocast; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HYAENIDAE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 79451474969     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321317     Document Type: Article

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