Bilateral feedback projections to the forebrain in the premotor network for singing in zebra finches

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-40

  Striedter, G F ^a   Vu, E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Corollary discharge; Interhemispheric communication; Motor control; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIRD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURVIVAL TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; INJECTIONS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031972723     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199801)34:1<27::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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