Further experiments on the relationship between hippocampus and orientation following phase-shift in homing pigeons

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-167

  Ioalè, Paolo ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^a   Bingman, Verner P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clock shift; Columba livia; Hippocampus; Lesions; Overcast; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLUMBIDAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; SUNLIGHT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033974784     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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