Olfactory lateralization in homing pigeons: Initial orientation of birds receiving a unilateral olfactory input

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1511-1516

  Gagliardo, Anna ^a   Pecchia, Tommaso ^b   Savini, Maria ^a   Odetti, Francesca ^a   Ioalè, Paolo ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Columba livia; Navigation; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORIENTING REFLEX; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 34147160088     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05378.x     Document Type: Article

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