A Morphometric Comparative Study of the Medial Geniculate Body of the Rabbit and the Fox

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 326-334

  Najdzion, J ^a   Wasilewska, B ^a   Rowniak M ^a   Bogus Nowakowska, K ^a   Szteyn, S ^a   Robak, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOX; GENICULATE BODY; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; FOXES; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; RABBITS;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80052953782     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2011.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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