Structural organization of parallel information processing within the tectofugal visual system of the pigeon

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 429, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 94-112

  Hellmann, Burkhard ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Extrageniculocortical pathway; Nucleus rotundus, functional parcellation; Tectum opticum

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DIENCEPHALON; FOREBRAIN; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CHOLERA TOXIN; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035216396     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000101)429:1<94::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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