Gradual emergence of song selectivity in sensorimotor structures of the male zebra finch song system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5108-5118

  Janata, Petr ^a   Margoliash, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Complex sounds; Forebrain; HVc; Nlf; Passerine; Sensorimotor integration; Simultaneous recordings

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; DENDRITE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOUND;

EID: 0033564069     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-12-05108.1999     Document Type: Article

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