Ultrastructural analysis of a putative magnetoreceptor in the beak of homing pigeons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 458, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-360

  Fleissner, Gerta ^a   Holtkamp Rötzler, Elke ^a   Hanzlik, Marianne ^b,c   Winklhofer, Michael ^b,d   Fleissner, Günther ^a   Petersen, Nikolai ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferric phosphate; Magnetic field intensity; Magnetoreception; Orientation; Superparamagnetic magnetite; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

FERRIC PHOSPHATE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNETITE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLUMBA LIVIA; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOMING PIGEON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTOR; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOSENSITIVE RECEPTOR; MIGRATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; BEAK; COLUMBIDAE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MAGNETICS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES; PRUSSIAN BLUE REACTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0344837715     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10579     Document Type: Article

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