Seasonal changes of hippocampus volume in parasitic cowbirds

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-243

  Clayton, Nicky S ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^b   Kacelnik, Alex ^c  

^a Section of Neurobiology   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cowbirds; Hippocampus; Seasonal differences; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030723897     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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