Regulation of ipsilateral visual information within the tectofugal visual system in zebra finches

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 545-553

  Voss, J ^a   Bischof, H J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Inhibitory mechanisms; Ipsilateral stimulus processing; Picrotoxin; Visual system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; PICROTOXIN; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PICROTOXIN; RHODAMINES; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0041974961     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0430-2     Document Type: Article

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