Shrew brains in summer and winter (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Shrew brains in summer and winter

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3D reconstruction of a summer brain (left) and a winter brain (right), of the same individual of common shrew (Sorex araneus), aquired with in vivo MRI

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Dominik von Elverfeldt / University of Freiburg

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