Single cell responses from the optic tectum of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis Gould)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-79

  Schmidt, A ^a   Engelage, J ^a   Bischof, H J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Horizontal representation; Tectofugal pathway; Topography; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032815058     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050367     Document Type: Article

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