Vocal control pathways through the anterior forebrain of a parrot (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-206

  Durand, Sarah E ^a   Heaton, James T ^a   Amateau, Stuart K ^a   Brauth, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior forebrain; auditory pathways; basal ganglia; evolution; vocal learning

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; FOREBRAIN; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LEARNING; LYSINE; MALE; MICROSPHERES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARAKEETS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031014585     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970113)377:2<179::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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