Telencephalic nuclei control late but not early nestling calls in the budgerigar

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-135

  Heaton, James T ^a   Brauth, Steven E ^b  

^a Voice and Speech Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Archistriatum; Birdsong; Budgerigar; Foodbegging; Lesion; Nestling; Parrot; Vocal development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; STEREOTYPY; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033983939     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00157-6     Document Type: Article

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