Effects of Wulst and ectostriatum lesions on repeated acquisition of spatial discrimination in pigeons

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 286-292

  Watanabe, Shigeru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Ectostriatum; Learning; Wulst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; FOLLOW UP; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0037767473     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(03)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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