The role of the superior colliculus in predatory hunting

Neuroscience

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Furigo, I C ^a   de Oliveira, W F ^a   de Oliveira, A R ^a   Comoli, E ^a   Baldo, M V C ^a   Mota Ortiz, S R ^a,b   Canteras, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aggression; basal ganglia; defensive behavior; motor control; periaqueductal gray; thalamus

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FORAGE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 70449622584     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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