Auditory pathways of caudal telencephalon and their relation to the song system of adult male zebra finches (Taenopygia guttata)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 613-642

  Vates, G Edward ^a   Broome, Bede M ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^a   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birdsong; field L complex; HVC; Ncm; shelf

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; NEOSTRIATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029871721     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960318)366:4<613::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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