Inspiratory muscle activity during bird song

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-453

  Wild, J M ^a,b   Goller, F ^a   Suthers, R A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EMG; Expiration; Inspiration; Respiratory rhythm; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032487059     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980905)36:3<441::AID-NEU11>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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