Magnetoreception in an avian brain in part mediated by inner ear lagena

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-423

  Wu, Le Qing ^a   Dickman, J David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLUMBIDAE; EAR, INNER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; LAGENA;

EID: 79952363482     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.058     Document Type: Article

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