Exposure to different wavelengths of light and the development of structural and functional asymmetrics in the chicken

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-73

  Rogers, L J ^a   Krebs, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

asymmetry; thalamofugal projections; visual behaviour development; wavelength specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030272178     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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