Conspecific and heterospecific song discrimination in male zebra finches with lesions in the anterior forebrain pathway

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Scharff, Constance ^b,c   Nottebohm, Fernando ^b   Cynx, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 137 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FOREBRAIN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031865817     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199807)36:1<81::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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