Hippocampal volume in migratory and non-migratory warblers: Effects of age and experience

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Healy, S D ^a   Gwinner, E ^b   Krebs, J R ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avian; development; hippocampus; migration

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BODY WATER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030296637     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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