Bilateral participation of the hippocampus in familiar landmark navigation by homing pigeons

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 201-209

  Gagliardo, Anna ^a   Odetti, Francesca ^a   Ioalè, Paolo ^a   Bingman, Verner P ^b   Tuttle, Sarah ^b   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Familiar landmarks; Hippocampus; Homing; Lateralization; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037126159     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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