Blockade of NMDA receptors in the anterior forebrain impairs sensory acquisition in the zebra finch (Poephila guttata)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-304

  Basham, M E ^a   Nordeen, E J ^a   Nordeen, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030297373     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0071     Document Type: Article

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