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The Pallium of Anuran Amphibians

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Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part I

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This chapter focuses on the pallium (telencephalic roof) of anuran amphibians. It includes descriptions of normal and connectional anatomy based almost entirely on data from ranid frogs, and also offers comparisons with the pallium in reptiles. Only a brief discussion of pallial fields and connections in urodeles is undertaken, largely because of the paucity of new information appearing since the last major review of the amphibian telencephalon (Northcutt and Kicliter, 1980). For much the same reason, no discussion of the pallium in apodans is presented. A description of their pallial areas and references to earlier literature can be found in Northcutt and Kicliter (1980).

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Neary, T.J. (1990). The Pallium of Anuran Amphibians. In: Jones, E.G., Peters, A. (eds) Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part I. Cerebral Cortex, vol 8A. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9622-3_4

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