Morphological asymmetries of the tectum opticum in the pigeon

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 561-566

  Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurotrophins; Retina; Tectofugal pathway; Visual lateralization

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PERIKARYON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030801255     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005785     Document Type: Article

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