Connections of the dorsomedial part of the nucleus intercollicularis in a male non-songbird, the Grey partridge: A tract-tracing study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Briganti, F ^a   Beani, L ^a   Panzica, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DiI; neural pathway; non songbirds; nucleus intercollicularis; tract tracing technique; vocal control system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBOCYANINES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030604250     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13261-4     Document Type: Article

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