Enlargement of neuronal somata in the LMAN coincides with the onset of sensorimotor learning for song

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 258-273

  Nixdorf Bergweiler, Barbara E ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; GIANT CELL; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032077857     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3819     Document Type: Article

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