Variation in brain morphology of intertidal gobies: A comparison of methodologies used to quantitatively assess brain volumes in fish

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 245-256

  White, Gemma E ^a   Brown, Culum ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Ellipsoid model; Histology; Intertidal gobies; Micro computed tomography; Neuroecology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FISHES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TELENCEPHALON; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84942195817     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: 14219743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000398781     Document Type: Article

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