Development of intrinsic and synaptic properties in a forebrain nucleus essential to avian song learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 8997-9009

  Livingston, Frederick S ^a   Mooney, Richard ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Critical periods; DLM; Intracellular recordings; LMAN; Low threshold calcium spike; LTS; NMDA receptors; Song learning; Song nuclei; Vocal plasticity; Whole cell; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030719490     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-08997.1997     Document Type: Article

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