Brain activation pattern depends on the strategy chosen by zebra finches to solve an orientation task

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-434

  Mayer, Uwe ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; C Fos; Hippocampus; Septum; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FINCH; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN WAVES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FINCHES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84856595818     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.063941     Document Type: Article

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