Intracellular characterization of song-specific neurons in the zebra finch auditory forebrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5854-5863

  Lewicki, Michael S ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory response properties; burst firing; context sensitivity; HVc; hyperpolarization; intracellular recording; neural integration; order sensitivity; song system

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BIRD; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIRDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MALE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030587302     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-18-05854.1996     Document Type: Article

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