The optokinetic response in wild type and white zebra finches

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 871-878

  Eckmeier, Dennis ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory optic system; Albinism; Birds; Optic flow; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FINCH; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FINCHES; LIGHTING; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51749094161     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0358-7     Document Type: Article

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