Bilaterally symmetrical respiratory activity during lateralized birdsong

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-523

  Goller, Franz ^a,b   Suthers, Roderick A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor coordination; Neural lateralization; Respiratory muscles; Song production

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AIR SAC; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SINGING; VOICE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRDS; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032712492     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199912)41:4<513::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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