Rostral wulst of passerine birds: II. Intratelencephalic projections to nuclei associated with the auditory and song systems

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 520-534

  Wild, J M ^a   Williams, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Area X; Auditory lamina 1+3; High vocal center; Lateral magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum; Nucleus robustus archistriatalis; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LEARNING; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033231684     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991101)413:4<520::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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