Navigation-induced ZENK expression in the olfactory system of pigeons (Columba livia)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2062-2072

  Patzke, Nina ^a   Manns, Martina ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Ioalè, Paolo ^b   Gagliardo, Anna ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortex piriformis; Homing; Immediate early gene; Lateralization; Olfactory bulb

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; ZENK GENE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORIENTATION; SMELL;

EID: 77953182150     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07240.x     Document Type: Article

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