Experimentally altered navigational demands induce changes in the cortical forebrain of free-ranging northern pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus o. oreganus)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-154

  Holding, Matthew L ^a,b   Frazier, Julius A ^a   Taylor, Emily N ^a   Strand, Christine R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal cortex; Medial cortex; Navigation; Rattlesnake; Reptile; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROTALUS; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CROTALUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CROTALUS; CROTALUS OREGANUS OREGANUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84859742038     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335034     Document Type: Article

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