Descending auditory pathways in the adult male zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-160

  Mello, Claudio V ^a   Vates, G Edward ^a,b   Okuhata, Soshi ^a,c   Nottebohm, Fernando ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cup; High vocal center; Robust nucleus of the archistriatum; Shelf; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIRDS; BRAIN STEM; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PHYLOGENY; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032102898     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980601)395:2<137::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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