TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Heun, Frederik
A1  - Böing, Lucien
A1  - Theunert, Joscha
A1  - Gasse, Hagen
T1  - Extracranial guiding structures for navigation to specific topographical sectors of the equine neopallium: an anatomical investigation performing three-dimensional distance measurements in adult warm-blooded horses
JF  - Folia Morphologica
N2  - Background: This basically anatomical study focuses on two items; firstly, the establishment of a system for the cartographic subdivision of the neopallium; secondly, the topographical correlation of extracranial landmarks and intracranial sites on the neopallium.

Materials and methods: The surface of the neopallium was subdivided into 15 sectors with reference to a newly introduced pattern of Primary Sulci. The topographical link between extracranial landmarks and certain intracranial sites (i.e. neopallium sectors) was elaborated by using a simple stereotactic device and a computer-assisted measurement device. Measurements were performed between points on the head's outer surface and on the isolated brain.

Results and Conclusions: The introduction of an anatomical three-dimensional coordinate system was an essential key issue for this investigation. This setting facilitated the measurements and calculations of the so-called indirect distances that were characterised by their alignment along the three orthogonal axes (x, y, z) of the anatomical coordinate system. The inter-individual comparison (16 adult horses [Equus caballus]) of the indirect distances revealed that each sector centre lay within a distinct morphometric residence area. The measured and calculated data also showed that each sector centre could be assigned to its proper extracranial landmark that - in comparison with other landmarks - was best suited for the optimal allocation of the sector centre point.
KW  - brain cartography
KW  - encephalometry
KW  - craniometry
KW  - landmark
KW  - Gehirnkarte
KW  - Kraniometrie
KW  - Leitungsbahn
KW  - Neopallium
KW  - Pferd
Y1  - 2021
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-22984
SN  - 1644–3284
SS  - 1644–3284
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2298
DO  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2298
VL  - 81
IS  - 2
SP  - 324
EP  - 335
ER  -