Long-range GABAergic projection in a circuit essential for vocal learning

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-84

  Luo, Minmin ^a   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area X; Birdsong; DLM; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LEARNING; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; SONGBIRDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033521486     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990105)403:1<68::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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