Spatial memory and the avian hippocampus: Research in zebra finches

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 2-12

  Mayer, Uwe ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^b   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C Fos; Dry water maze; Entopallium; Hippocampus; Pattern discrimination; Spatial orientation; Visual system; Visual Wulst; Zebra finch; Zenk

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; DENTATE HILUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPISODIC MEMORY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECALL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; ZENK GENE; ANIMAL; FINCH; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FINCHES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875813847     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2012.05.002     Document Type: Review

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