Visual responses and afferent connections of the n. ventrolateralis thalami (VLT) in the pigeon (Columba livia)

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-292

  Schulte, Martin ^a   Diekamp, Bettina ^a,b   Manns, Martina ^a   Schwarz, Ariane ^a   Valencia Alfonso, Carlos ^a   Kirsch, Janina A ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Folta, Kristian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Birds; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 29244482254     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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