Quantitative analysis of neocortical gyrencephaly in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and six species of cetaceans: Comparison with other mammals

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2430-2439

  Manger, Paul R ^a   Prowse, Michelle ^a   Haagensen, Mark ^b   Hemingway, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Cerebral hemisphere; Cetacea; Neocortex; Primates; Proboscidea

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CARNIVORE; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; GYRENCEPHALY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARNIVORA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CETACEA; ELEPHANTS; MALE; MAMMALS; ORGAN SIZE; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860899850     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23046     Document Type: Article

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