A morphological study of the nucleus subpretectalis of the pigeon

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 491-493

  Freund, Nadja ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Manns, Martina ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lateralization; Light incubation; Tectofugal system; Visual asymmetries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS SUBPRETECTALIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 40249108412     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.031     Document Type: Article

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