Variation in brain regions associated with fear and learning in contrasting climates

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-190

  Roth II, Timothy C ^a,b   Gallagher, Caitlin M ^a   Ladage, Lara D ^a   Pravosudov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arcopallium; Avian brain; Fear; Lateral striatum; Learning; Nucleus taeniae of the amygdala

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLIMATE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STATISTICS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CLIMATE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; TAENIA;

EID: 84859759739     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335421     Document Type: Article

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