The vertebrate mesolimbic reward system and social behavior network: a comparative synthesis

LA O'Connell, HA Hofmann - Journal of Comparative …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
All animals evaluate the salience of external stimuli and integrate them with internal
physiological information into adaptive behavior. Natural and sexual selection impinge on …

Organization and evolution of the avian forebrain

A Reiner, K Yamamoto… - The Anatomical Record …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Early 20th‐century comparative anatomists regarded the avian telencephalon as largely
consisting of a hypertrophied basal ganglia, with thalamotelencephalic circuitry thus being …

Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei

A Reiner, DJ Perkel, LL Bruce, AB Butler… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature

A Reiner, DJ Perkel, CV Mello… - Annals of the New York …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of Cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird

D Heyers, I Musielak, K Haase, C Herold… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
The exceptional navigational capabilities of migrating birds are based on the perception and
integration of a variety of natural orientation cues. The “Wulst” in the forebrain of night …

Subdivisions and derivatives of the chicken subpallium based on expression of LIM and other regulatory genes and markers of neuron subpopulations during …

A Abellán, L Medina - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Here we studied the combinatory expression patterns of nine developmental regulatory
genes and six markers of different neuronal subpopulations in the telencephalic subpallium …

The avian subpallium: new insights into structural and functional subdivisions occupying the lateral subpallial wall and their embryological origins

WJ Kuenzel, L Medina, A Csillag, DJ Perkel, A Reiner - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
The subpallial region of the avian telencephalon contains neural systems whose functions
are critical to the survival of individual vertebrates and their species. The subpallial neural …

The common organization of the amygdaloid complex in tetrapods: new concepts based on developmental, hodological and neurochemical data in anuran …

N Moreno, A González - Progress in neurobiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Research over the last few years has demonstrated that the amygdaloid complex in
amniotes shares basic developmental, hodological and neurochemical features …

Chemoarchitectonic subdivisions of the songbird septum and a comparative overview of septum chemical anatomy in jawed vertebrates

JL Goodson, AK Evans… - Journal of Comparative …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Available data demonstrate that the avian septal region shares a number of social behavior
functions and neurochemical features in common with mammals. However, the structural …

Subpallial amygdala and nucleus taeniae in birds resemble extended amygdala and medial amygdala in mammals in their expression of markers of regional identity

K Yamamoto, Z Sun, HB Wang, A Reiner - Brain research bulletin, 2005 - Elsevier
Two regions were recently recognized as subpallial amygdaloid nuclei in birds, the nucleus
taeniae of the amygdala (TnA) and the newly identified subpallial amygdala (SpA). Here we …