Cetacean Brain Evolution: Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) and Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - An Investigation with High-Resolution 3D MRI

• Published in: Brain, Behavior and Evolution
• Main Authors: Oelschlaeger, H. H. A., Ridgway, S. H., Knauth, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Karger 2010
• Subjects: Recess; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/20898; https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/9099; https://doi.org/10.1159/000293601

This study compares a whole brain of the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) with that of a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The Kogia brain was scanned with a Siemens Trio Magnetic Resonance scanner in the three main planes. As in the common dolp...