Contributions of tutor and bird's own song experience to neural selectivity in the songbird anterior forebrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4559-4584

  Solis, Michele M ^a   Doupe, Allison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Auditory selectivity; Experience dependent plasticity; LMAN; NXIIts transections; Song selectivity; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

EID: 0033152345     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-11-04559.1999     Document Type: Article

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