Organization of the gymnotiform fish pallium in relation to learning and memory: II. Extrinsic connections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3338-3368

  Giassi, Ana C C ^a   Duarte, Terence T ^b   Ellis, William ^a   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocommunication; Electrolocation; Optic tectum; Spatial orientation; Telencephalon; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; EFFERENT NERVE; GYMNOTIFORMES; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 84865335632     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23109     Document Type: Article

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