Functional asymmetry of left and right avian piriform cortex in homing pigeons' navigation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Gagliardo, Anna ^a   Odetti, Francesca ^a   Ioale, Paolo ^a   Pecchia, Tommaso ^b   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Homing; Lateralization; Orientation; Pigeon; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; FOWL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; DENERVATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORIENTATION; SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 23044436606     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04204.x     Document Type: Article

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