The minute brain of the copepod tigriopus californicus supports a complex ancestral ground pattern of the tetraconate cerebral nervous systems

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3446-3470

  Andrew, David R ^a   Brown, Sheena M ^a   Strausfeld, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Copepoda; Evolution; Tetraconata; Tigriopus californicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COPEPOD; DEUTOCEREBRUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCEREBRUM; TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS; TRITOCEREBRUM; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COPEPODA; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865314778     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23099     Document Type: Article

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