Memory and the hippocampus in food-storing birds: A comparative approach

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 441-452

  Clayton, N S ^a  

^a Section of Neurobiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Food caching; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOWL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FOOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY;

EID: 0031777026     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(98)00037-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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