Topographic arrangement of the rotundo-entopallial projection in the pigeon (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4342-4361

  Fredes, Felipe ^a   Tapia, Sebastian ^a   Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a   Marín, Gonzalo ^a   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Birds; Entopallium; Parallel visual pathways; Rotundus; Tectofugal; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COLOR; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINANCE; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; STAINING AND LABELING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77957904819     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22460     Document Type: Article

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