Evolution of the hippocampus in reptiles and birds

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 524, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 496-517

  Striedter, Georg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dentate gyrus; Homology; Lizard; Sauropsid

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAUR; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CAIMAN; CHICKEN; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; EVOLUTION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEPIDOSAUR; LIZARD; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PHYLOGENY; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; SAUROPSID; SNAKE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPHENODON; SUBICULUM; TELENCEPHALON; TURTLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; REPTILES;

EID: 84953635188     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23803     Document Type: Review

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