A non-thalamic pathway contributes to a whole body map in the brain of the budgerigar

Brain Research

Volumn 755, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-141

  Wild, J M ^a,b   Reinke, H ^a   Farabaugh, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

avian; nucleus basalis; parrot; somatosensory; tactile representation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030894473     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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