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The neurobiology of Australian marsupials : brain evolution in the other mammalian radiation /

"Australian marsupials represent a parallel adaptive radiation to that seen among placental mammals. This great natural experiment has produced a striking array of mammals with structural and behavioural features echoing those seen among primates, rodents, carnivores, edentates and ungulates el...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ashwell, Ken, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Classification, evolution and behavioural ecology of Australian marsupials / K. Ashwell
  • Overview of marsupial brain organization and evolution / K. Ashwell
  • Development and sexual dimorphism / K. Ashwell
  • Ventral hindbrain and midbrain / K. Ashwell
  • Cerebellum, vestibular and precerebellar nuclei / K. Ashwell
  • Diencephalon and associated structures / K. Ashwell
  • Deep telencephalic structures / K. Ashwell
  • Cerebral cortex and claustrum/endopiriform complex / K. Ashwell
  • Visual system / L.D. Beazley, C. Arrese and D.M. Hunt
  • Somatosensory system / L. Marotte, C. Leamey and P. Waite
  • Auditory system / L. Aitkin and R.K. Shepherd
  • Olfactory system / K. Ashwell
  • Motor system and spinal cord / K. Ashwell
  • Australian marsupials as models of brain development / L. Marotte, P. Waite and C. Leamey
  • Australian marsupials as models of ageing and disease / B. McAllan and S.J. Richardson
  • Atlas of the brain of the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) / K. Ashwell, B. McAllan and J.K. Mai
  • Stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) / K. Ashwell and L. Marotte
  • Atlas of the brain of the developing tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) / K. Ashwell, L. Marotte and J.K. Mai.