Do birds possess homologues of mammalian primary visual, somatosensory and motor cortices?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Medina, Loreta ^a   Reiner, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

BIRD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; HOMEOBOX; MAMMAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033976687     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(99)01486-1     Document Type: Note

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