Retinofugal Projections Into Visual Brain Structures in the Bat Artibeus planirostris: A CTb Study

• Main Authors: Melquisedec A. D. Santana (Author), Helder H. A. Medeiros (Author), Mariana D. Leite (Author), Marília A. S. Barros (Author), Paulo Leonardo Araújo de Góis Morais (Author), Joacil Germano Soares (Author), Fernando V. L. Ladd (Author), Jeferson S. Cavalcante (Author), Judney C. Cavalcante (Author), Miriam S. M. O. Costa (Author), Expedito Silva Nascimento Jr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A well-developed visual system can provide significant sensory information to guide motor behavior, especially in fruit-eating bats, which usually use echolocation to navigate at high speed through cluttered environments during foraging. Relatively few studies have been performed to elucidate the or...