Apomorphine alters prey-catching patterns in the common toad: Behavioral experiments and 14C-2-deoxyglucose brain mapping studies

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-242

  Glagow, M ^a   Ewert, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

14C 2DG mapping; Amphibian; Anamniote; Anuran; Apomorphine; Dopamine; Neuromodulation; Prey catching; Toad; Vision

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; CARBON 14; DEOXYGLUCOSE;

AMPHIBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC TECTUM; PREDATION; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TOAD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 0032703253     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006625     Document Type: Article

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