Magnetoreception and baroreception in birds

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-197

  O'Neill, Paul ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroreception; Birds; Cryptochrome; Magnetoreception; Navigation

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BARORECEPTION; BIRD; CHEMORECEPTOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORECEPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CRYPTOCHROMES; EAR, INNER; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORIENTATION; PRESSORECEPTORS; RETINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

AVES;

EID: 84872157528     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12025     Document Type: Review

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