| Literature DB >> 22613455 |
Uwe Mayer1, Shigeru Watanabe2, Hans-Joachim Bischof3.
Abstract
The aim of the present review is to show that spatial learning and memory is not a specialty of just a few avian species, and to describe the role of the avian hippocampus in spatial learning, memory and orientation. Based on our own research in zebra finches, we try to give an (not complete and probably biased) overview of this topic, and we also discuss the question of functional equivalence of hippocampus in birds and in mammals in that we question how far theories developed for mammalian hippocampus can also be applied to the avian hippocampal formation.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22613455 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2012.05.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Physiol Paris ISSN: 0928-4257