Behavioural responses to electrical and visual stimulation of the toad tectum

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  McConville, James ^a   Sterritt, Lorraine ^a   Laming, Peter R ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Feeding behaviour; Toad; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLIA; MICROELECTRODE; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOAD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; BUFO BUFO; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ION CHANNELS; MOTIVATION; NEUROGLIA; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POTASSIUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646150899     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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