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Original Article

Brain Weight is Not Always Directly Relateid to Body Weight in Cats: The Roles of Right and Left Cerebral Hemispheres, Paw Preference and Sex-Related Differences

Üner Tan Atatürk University, Medical Faculty Department of Physiology, Erzurum, Turkey
Pages 57-63 | Received 10 Mar 1992, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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