Evolution of the amphibian nervous system

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 61-124

  Dicke, U ^a   Roth, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Amygdala; Cerebellum; Efferents; Nervous system; Neuroanatomy; Nuclei; Pallidum; Pallium; Primary afferents; Projections; Tectum; Tegmentum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882891539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00129-4     Document Type: Chapter

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