Cytoarchitecture, areas, and neuron numbers of the Etruscan Shrew cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2512-2530

  Naumann, R K ^a   Anjum, F ^a   Roth Alpermann, C ^a   Brecht, M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative cortical scaling; Cytoarchitecture; Etruscan shrew; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MYELIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; ZINC ION;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ETRUSCAN SHREW; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFILAMENT; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SHREW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SHREWS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860186937     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23053     Document Type: Article

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