Neural correlates of singing behavior in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-430

  MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a,b   Hulse, Stewart H ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Brain behavior correlation; Song control system; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; VOICE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SONGBIRDS; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TERMINOLOGY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032486938     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980905)36:3<421::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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