Hippocampal Astrocytes in Migrating and Wintering Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla

• Main Authors: Dario Carvalho-Paulo (Author), Nara G. de Morais Magalhães (Author), Diego de Almeida Miranda (Author), Daniel G. Diniz (Author), Ediely P. Henrique (Author), Isis A. M. Moraes (Author), Patrick D. C. Pereira (Author), Mauro A. D. de Melo (Author), Camila M. de Lima (Author), Marcus A. de Oliveira (Author), Cristovam Guerreiro-Diniz (Author), David F. Sherry (Author), Cristovam W. P. Diniz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Seasonal migratory birds return to the same breeding and wintering grounds year after year, and migratory long-distance shorebirds are good examples of this. These tasks require learning and long-term spatial memory abilities that are integrated into a navigational system for repeatedly locating bre...