Cytoarchitecture of vocal control nuclei in nestling budgerigars: Relationships to call development

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 198-226

  Hall, William S ^a   Cookson, Kelly K ^a   Heaton, James T ^a   Roberts, Todd F ^a   Shea, Stephen D ^a   Amateau, Stuart K ^a   Brauth, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Budgerigars; Call development; Cytoarchitectural development; Parrot vocal development; Vocal control nuclei; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEARNING; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PARROTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032948246     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006595     Document Type: Article

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