Functional organization of forebrain pathways for song production and perception

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 671-693

  Margoliash, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic effect; Anterior forebrain pathway; Auditory responses; Awake behaving animals; Calling; Chronic recording; Evolution of song system; Hierarchical organization; Modeling delayed feedback; Sensorimotor plasticity and learning; Singing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030682486     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19971105)33:5<671::AID-NEU12>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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