A brain of her own: A neural correlate of song assessment in a female songbird

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-332

  Hamilton, Kristy S ^a   King, Andrew P ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a   West, Meredith J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING;

EID: 0031281262     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1997.3781     Document Type: Article

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