Song- and order-selective neurons in the songbird anterior forebrain and their emergence during vocal development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1147-1167

  Doupe, Allison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; auditory response properties; complex selectivity; experience dependent plasticity; LMAN; song learning; song system; temporal processing; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOICE;

EID: 0031027015     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-01147.1997     Document Type: Article

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