Evidence for physiological asymmetries in the intertectal connections of the pigeon (Columba livia) and their potential role in brain lateralisation

Brain Research

Volumn 852, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 406-413

  Keysers, C ^a   Diekamp, B ^b   Gunturkun O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Evoked potential; Tectal commissure; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033989234     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02192-7     Document Type: Article

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