Difference in selectivity to song note properties between the vocal nuclei of the zebra finch

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-126

  Maekawa, Masao ^a   Uno, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Auditory processing; Selective response; Songbird; Vocal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030296696     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13135-9     Document Type: Article

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