Development of topography within song control circuitry of zebra finches during the sensitive period for song learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 6037-6057

  Iyengar, Soumya ^a   Viswanathan, Sandya S ^a   Bottjer, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon arbors; Basal ganglia; Sensitive periods; Song bird; Topography; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIRD; BRAIN MAPPING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033565730     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-14-06037.1999     Document Type: Article

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