Virtual endocasts: An application of computed tomography in the study of brain variation among hyenas

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1225, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Endocast; Frontal cortex; Sociality; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CARNIVORA; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; VIRTUAL ENDOCAST;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENIDAE;

EID: 79956218409     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.05988.x     Document Type: Article

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