Piriform cortex ablations block navigational map learning in homing pigeons

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-148

  Gagliardo, Anna ^a   Mazzotto, Monica ^b   Bingman, Verner P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Homing pigeons; Navigation; Olfaction; Orientation; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL RECALL; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORIENTATION; SMELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030897602     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)02253-X     Document Type: Article

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