The relationship between rates of HVc neuron addition and vocal plasticity in adult songbirds

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-88

  Scott, Luisa L ^a   Nordeen, Ernest J ^a   Nordeen, Kathy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult songbirds; HVc neurons; Vocal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DIVISION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034077235     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(200004)43:1<79::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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