A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Heyers, Dominik ^a   Manns, Martina ^b   Luksch, Harald ^c   Güntürkün, Onur ^b   Mouritsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; AVIAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AVES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 40249115611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000937     Document Type: Article

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