A morphological study of the cochlear nuclei of the pigeon (Columba livia)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 290-302

  Hausler U H L ^a,c   Sullivan, W E ^a   Soares, D ^b   Carr, C E ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angularis; Auditory; Auditory nerve; Birds; Cochlear nucleus angularis; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343986405     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006629     Document Type: Article

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