A pathway for predation in the brain of the barn owl (Tyto alba): Projections of the gracile nucleus to the "claw area" of the rostral Wulst via the dorsal thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 509, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-166

  Wild, J Martin ^a   Kubke, F ^a   Pena J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Owl; Somatosensory; Thalamus; Wulst

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GRACILE NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OWL; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TYTO ALBA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BEAK; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STRIGIFORMES; TELENCEPHALON; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 46949086070     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21731     Document Type: Article

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