PMID: 11605427Oct 19, 2001Paper

Classification of the forebrain striatum neurons in birds

Zhurnal vyssheĭ nervnoĭ deiatelnosti imeni I P Pavlova
L N Voronov, V V Alekseev

Abstract

Polymorphism of neurons in the basic fields of the forebrain striatum of birds was described using specially developed classification of neurons in Nissl preparations. Birds with different degrees of development of elementary rational activity were studied: Corvus monedula, Columba livia, Coturnix coturnix, and Melopsittacus undulatus. According to the proposed method, the neurons were classified in 3 basic types and 2 additional, 6 subtypes and 26 classes. It was found that in the higher brain regions of Corvus monedula, birds with advanced rational activity, there are a greater variety and number of complex associative stellate cells than in birds with poorly developed rational activity (Columba livia and Coturnix coturnix).

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