Sensitive period for sensorimotor integration during vocal motor learning

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-189

  Pytte, Carolyn L ^a   Suthers, Roderick A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Sensitive period; Sensorimotor integration; Song development; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEEDBACK; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHONATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SONGBIRDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033954568     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000205)42:2<172::AID-NEU2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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