A postmortem study of the corpus callosum in the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 688-700

  Ratner, Cecilia ^a   Riise, Jesper ^a   Eriksen, Nina ^a   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Common minke whale; Corpus callosum; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYA;

EID: 80053653445     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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