The mapping of the visual field onto the dorso-lateral tectum of the pigeon (Columba livia) and its relations with retinal specializations

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-168

  Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a   Marin, Gonzalo ^a   Sentis, Elisa ^a   Tenreiro, Andrea ^a   Fredes, Felipe ^a   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

AVF; Columba livia; Dorso lateral tectum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINOSCOPY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0346997975     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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