Intrinsic and synaptic properties of neurons in the vocal-control nucleus IMAN from in vitro slice preparations of juvenile and adult zebra finches

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 642-658

  Bottjer, Sarah W ^a   Brady, James D ^a   Walsh, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; GABA(A) receptors; NMDA receptors; Songbirds; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL SIZE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031793052     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199812)37:4<642::AID-NEU12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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