Quantitative assessment of brain volumes in fish: Comparison of methodologies

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 261-270

  Ullmann, Jeremy F P ^a   Cowin, Gary ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Brain size; Comparative neuroanatomy; Ellipsoid technique; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PERCIFORMES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PERCIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ELASMOBRANCHII; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79451475067     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321467     Document Type: Article

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