Hippocampal participation in navigational map learning in young homing pigeons is dependent on training experience

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 742-750

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Hippocampus; Lesion; Olfactory map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOME; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEARNING; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SMELL;

EID: 0034049333     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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