Spatial response properties of homing pigeon hippocampal neurons: Correlations with goal locations, movement between goals, and environmental context in a radial-arm arena

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

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1047-1062

  Hough, Gerald E ^a,b   Bingman, Verner P ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian telencephalon; Columba livia; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Space

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11844295465     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0562-z     Document Type: Article

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