Volumetric assessment of cerebral asymmetries in dogs

Laterality

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-536

  Siniscalchi, Marcello ^a   Franchini, Delia ^a   Pepe, Anna M ^a   Sasso, Raffaella ^a   Dimatteo, Salvatore ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b   Quaranta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain; Computed tomography; Dog; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CANIDAE; CEREBRUM; DOGS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE;

EID: 80052280825     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.490838     Document Type: Article

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