Application of magnetic resonance imaging in zoology

A Ziegler, M Kunth, S Mueller, C Bock, R Pohmann… - Zoomorphology, 2011 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive imaging technique that today
constitutes one of the main pillars of preclinical and clinical imaging. MRI's capacity to depict …

The harmful effects of captivity and chronic stress on the well-being of orcas (Orcinus orca)

L Marino, NA Rose, IN Visser, H Rally… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Orcas are large, deep-diving cetaceans who are known for their global distribution, wide-
ranging behavior, intelligence, and social complexity. They possess one of the largest and …

ORCA-SPOT: An automatic killer whale sound detection toolkit using deep learning

C Bergler, H Schröter, RX Cheng, V Barth, M Weber… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Large bioacoustic archives of wild animals are an important source to identify reappearing
communication patterns, which can then be related to recurring behavioral patterns to …

Visual laterality of calf–mother interactions in wild whales

K Karenina, A Giljov, V Baranov, L Osipova… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Behavioral laterality is known for a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate
animals. Laterality in social interactions has been described for a wide range of species …

Lateralization of spatial relationships between wild mother and infant orcas, Orcinus orca

K Karenina, A Giljov, T Ivkovich, A Burdin… - Animal behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
Cooperative interactions have been argued to be a powerful factor mediating the evolution
of lateralization in animals. Mother− infant asymmetric spatial relationships represent a case …

Quantitative analysis of neocortical gyrencephaly in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and six species of cetaceans: Comparison with other mammals

PR Manger, M Prowse, M Haagensen… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This study provides quantitative data on the extent of gyrencephaly in the large‐brained
African elephant and several species of cetaceans (from smaller to larger brained) in …

Brain of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana): Neuroanatomy from magnetic resonance images

AY Hakeem, PR Hof, CC Sherwood… - … Record Part A …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We acquired magnetic resonance images of the brain of an adult African elephant,
Loxodonta africana, in the axial and parasagittal planes and produced anatomically labeled …

A claim in search of evidence: reply to Manger's thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure

L Marino, C Butti, RC Connor, RE Fordyce… - Biological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In a recent publication in Biological Reviews, Manger (2006) made the controversial claim
that the large brains of cetaceans evolved to generate heat during oceanic cooling in the …

Diffusion tensor imaging of dolphin brains reveals direct auditory pathway to temporal lobe

GS Berns, PF Cook, S Foxley… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The brains of odontocetes (toothed whales) look grossly different from their terrestrial
relatives. Because of their adaptation to the aquatic environment and their reliance on …

Transition to an Aquatic Habitat Permitted the Repeated Loss of the Pleiotropic KLK8 Gene in Mammals

N Hecker, V Sharma, M Hiller - Genome biology and evolution, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Kallikrein related peptidase 8 (KLK8; also called neuropsin) is a serine protease
that plays distinct roles in the skin and hippocampus. In the skin, KLK8 influences …