The neuromuscular control of birdsong

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1385, 1999, Pages 927-939

  Suthers, Roderick A ^a,b   Goller, Franz ^a   Pytte, Carolyn ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Lateralization; Motor control; Respiration; Syrinx; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRONCHUS; LABIA; PASSERI;

EID: 0033614587     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0444     Document Type: Article

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