All animals evaluate the salience of external stimuli and integrate them with internal
physiological information into adaptive behavior. Natural and sexual selection impinge on …

While a basal ganglia with striatal and pallidal subdivisions is1 clearly present in many
extant anamniote species, this basal ganglia is cell sparse and receives only a relatively …

The standard nomenclature that has been used for many telencephalic and related
brainstem structures in birds is based on flawed assumptions of homology to mammals. In …

The avian caudolateral neostriatum (NCL) was first identified on the basis of its dense
dopaminergic innervation. This fact and data from lesion studies have led to the notion that …

This review aims to provide examples of how both comparative and genetic analyses
contribute to our understanding of the rules for cortical development and evolution. Genetic …

Early 20th‐century comparative anatomists regarded the avian telencephalon as largely
consisting of a hypertrophied basal ganglia, with thalamotelencephalic circuitry thus being …

Prior studies suggest differences exist among striatal projection neuron types in their
vulnerability to Huntington's disease (HD). In the present study, we immunolabeled the fibers …

Birds have well‐developed basal ganglia within the telencephalon, including a striatum
consisting of the medially located lobus parolfactorius (LPO) and the laterally located …

It has become increasingly clear that the standard nomenclature for many telencephalic and
related brainstem structures of the avian brain is based on flawed once‐held assumptions of …

We have investigated the distribution of cholinergic perikarya and fibers in the brain of the
pigeon (Columba livia). With this aim, pigeon brain sections were processed …