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Comparative Study
. 1984 Nov 26;322(2):351-5.
doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(84)90132-x.

A suspected infrared-recipient nucleus in the brainstem of the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus

R Kishida, R C Goris, S Terashima, J L Dubbeldam
Comparative Study

A suspected infrared-recipient nucleus in the brainstem of the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus

R Kishida et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

We discovered in the brainstem of infrared-sensitive vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, a specific nucleus not known in other species of bats. Because it corresponded in location and histological features to the infrared nucleus of infrared-sensitive snakes, we suggest the probability of its being part of the infrared processing system of vampire bats.

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