Multiple cell types distinguished by physiological, pharmacological, and anatomic properties in nucleus HVc of the adult zebra finch

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1828-1838

  Dutar, Patrick ^a   Vu, Huan M ^a   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031794888     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1828     Document Type: Article

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