Reafferent thalamo-'cortical' loops in the song system of oscine songbirds

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-290

  Vates, G Edward ^a   Vicario, David S ^a   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bird song; high vocal center; medial magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum; posterior portion of the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus; robust nucleus of the archistriatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VOCALIZATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MALE; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030912031     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970407)380:2<275::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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