Lesions of an avian forebrain nucleus that disrupt song development alter synaptic connectivity and transmission in the vocal premotor pathway

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 9385-9398

  Kittelberger, J Matthew ^a   Mooney, Richard ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Excitatory synaptic transmission; Homeostatic regulation; Lesions; LMAN; RA; Song learning; Song nuclei; Synaptic connectivity; Trophic effects; Vocal plasticity; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FOREBRAIN; GIANT CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033232521     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09385.1999     Document Type: Article

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