Lateralized activation of Cluster N in the brains of migratory songbirds

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1166-1173

  Liedvogel, Miriam ^a   Feenders, Gesa ^b   Wada, Kazuhiro ^c   Troje, Nikolaus F ^d   Jarvis, Erich D ^c   Mouritsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

European robin; Garden warbler; Light mediated magnetoreception; Magnetic compass; Night vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 33847211098     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05350.x     Document Type: Article

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