Magnetic resonance imaging reveals that brain atrophy is more severe in older California sea lions with domoic acid toxicosis

Harmful Algae

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-29

  Montie, Eric W ^a   Wheeler, Elizabeth ^b   Pussini, Nicola ^b   Battey, Thomas W K ^c   Van Bonn, William ^b   Gulland, Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; California sea lion; Domoic acid; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Marine mammal; MRI; Parahippocampal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 84870063311     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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