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| Author | Krebs, J.R.; Clayton, N.S.; Hampton, R.R.; Shettleworth, S.J. | ||||
| Title | Effects of photoperiod on food-storing and the hippocampus in birds | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1995 | Publication | Neuroreport | Abbreviated Journal | Neuroreport |
| Volume | 6 | Issue | 12 | Pages | 1701-1704 |
| Keywords | Animals; Birds; Eating/*physiology; Female; Hippocampus/*physiology; Light; Male; *Photoperiod; Seasons; Telencephalon/physiology; Time Factors | ||||
| Abstract | Birds that store food have a relatively large hippocampus compared to non-storing species. The hippocampus shows seasonal differences in neurogenesis and volume in black-capped chikadees (Parus atricapillus) taken from the wild at different times of year. We compared hippocampal volumes in black-capped chickadees captured at the same time but differing in food-storing behaviour because of manipulations of photoperiod in the laboratory. Differences in food-storing behaviour were not accompanied by differences in the volume of the hippocampus. Hippocampal volumes also did not differ between two groups of a non-food-storing control species, house sparrows (Passer domesticus), exposed to the same conditions as the chickadees. | ||||
| Address | Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, Oxford, UK | ||||
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| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| ISSN | 0959-4965 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
| Notes | PMID:8527745 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 378 | ||
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