Brain space for learned song in birds develops independently of song learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 6281-6286

  Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a   Lent, Karin ^a   Kroodsma, Donald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

bird; birdsong; brain space; development; learning; marsh wren; song; songbird

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

EID: 0029076178     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-09-06281.1995     Document Type: Article

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