Projections of the dorsomedial nucleus of the intercollicular complex (DM) in relation to respiratory-vocal nuclei in the brainstem of pigeon (Columba livia) and zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 392-413

  Wild, J M ^a   Li, Dongfeng ^b   Eagleton, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

avian; midbrain; phonation; respiration; vocalization

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PHONATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RESPIRATORY CENTER; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031012687     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970120)377:3<392::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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