Song- and order-selective neurons develop in the songbird anterior forebrain during vocal learning

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 694-709

  Doupe, Allison J ^a   Solis, Michele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Experience dependent plasticity; Song learning; Temporal processing; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030682198     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19971105)33:5<694::AID-NEU13>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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