The effects of a changing ambient magnetic field on single-unit activity in the homing pigeon hippocampus

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-164

  Vargas, Juan Pedro ^a   Siegel, Jennifer J ^a   Bingman, Verner P ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Columba livia; Geomagnetic field; Magnetoreception; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS;

EID: 33744968194     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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