Single-cell responses in the ectostriatum of the zebra finch

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 785-795

  Engelage, J ^a   Bischof, H J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Extrastriate cortex; Mammals; Tectofugal pathway; Visual system

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0030461877     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00207357     Document Type: Article

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