The relationship between migratory behaviour, memory and the hippocampus: An intraspecific comparison

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1601, 2006, Pages 2641-2649

  Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^b   Omanska, Alicja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Migration; Spatial memory; White crowned sparrow

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEMORY; MIGRATION; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TELENCEPHALON;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII;

EID: 33749991399     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3624     Document Type: Article

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