Telencephalic organization of the olfactory system in homing pigeons (Columba livia)

Neuroscience

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 53-61

  Patzke, N ^a   Manns, M ^a   Gunturkun O ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain lateralization; Choleratoxin subunit B; Homing pigeons; Olfactory bulb; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COLUMBA LIVIA; DORSAL ARCOPALLIUM; FEMALE; FRONTOLATERAL NIDOPALLIUM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPERPALLIUM DENSOCELLULARE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS TAENIAE OF THE AMYGDALA; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PIGEON; PREPIRIFORM CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 80053115571     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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