Dual coding of visual asymmetries in the pigeon brain: The interaction of bottom-up and top-down systems

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 323-332

  Manns, Martina ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry formation; Avian; Interhemispheric inhibition; Lateralization; Tectofugal; Visual Wulst

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CELL SIZE; HATCHING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLUMBIDAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 73349099354     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1702-z     Document Type: Article

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