Behavioral and neural lateralization of vision in courtship singing of the zebra finch

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1164-1173

  George, Isabelle ^a,b   Hara, Erina ^a   Hessler, Neal A ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Eye preference; Hemispheric specialization; Tectofugal visual pathway; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COURTSHIP; EGR 1 GENE; EYE; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FINCH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33747621162     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20273     Document Type: Article

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