Quantitative assessment of song-selectivity in the zebra finch "high vocal center"

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 849-862

  Volman, S F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory neurophysiology; Avian song system; Birds song; Stimulus selectivity

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TAENOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CYTOLOGY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030159738     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225832     Document Type: Article

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