Homing behavior of pigeons after telencephalic ablations

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1984, Pages 94-108

  Bingman, V P ^a   Bagnoli, P ^a   Ioale P ^a   Casini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dorsomedial forebrain; Homing; Pigeons; Wulst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HOMING; NONHUMAN; TELENCEPHALON REMOVAL;

ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0021173297     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121308     Document Type: Article

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