Identification and connections of inspiratory premotor neurons in songbirds and budgerigar

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-163

  Reinke, H ^a   Wild, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian; Respiration; Ventral respiratory group; Vocal control

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLUMBIDAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032498512     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980209)391:2<147::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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