Descriptive neuroanatomy of the capybara brain (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766) by means of magnetic resonance imaging

• Grant number: 15/24811-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Carlos Vulcano
• Grantee: Lidiane da Silva Alves
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris is the largest rodent with wide distribution in South America. They are often hunted for food purposes and mainly they are victims of road roadkill. There are many descriptive studies of gastrointestinal physiology, parasitism, both ecto- as endoparasites and behavior, but the brain anatomy is poor discussed, with no encephalic studies using imaging methods. Advances in diagnostic imaging modalities had been increasingly progressive in veterinary medicine as well as in wild animals, with the use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging that can provide data and pathological descriptions of intracranial structures in patients in vivo. The aim of this study is to describe the anatomy of intracranial structures in living capybara by means of magnetic resonance imaging providing more detailed information of brain anatomy of this species, for research centers and clinics of wild animals veterinary medicine.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVES, Lidiane da Silva. Descriptive anatomy of the brain, eye and orbit of the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linnaeus, 1766) by means of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Botucatu Botucatu.