On the structure and function of the tectofugal visual pathway in laterally eyed birds

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 246-254

  Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extra geniculocortical pathway; Identification; Stimulus localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030869110     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.35.4.246.13080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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